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Topic: GOP Flip-Flops on War Timetables
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| keltoi2 | Posted – 5/3/2007 12:37:47 PM | show profile The GOP bigwigs such as Bush and McCain are busy slamming talk of timetables as helping the enemy, not supporting the troops, etc. But let's do a little flashback: When George W. Bush was governor of Texas, he criticized President Clinton for not setting a timetable for exiting Kosovo. ?Victory means exit strategy, and it?s important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is.? George W. Bush, 4/9/99, Houston Chronicle ?I think it?s also important for the president to lay out a timetable as to how long they will be involved and when they will be withdrawn.? George W. Bush, 6/5/99, Scripps Howard/Seattle Post-Intelligencer. (From thinkprogress.org) "In 1993, Sen. John McCain led an effort to cut off funds immediately for military operations in Somalia after a firefight in Mogadishu killed 18 U.S. troops. The former prisoner of war in Vietnam brought a hush to the chamber floor when he asked what would happen if Congress failed to act and more Americans died. "On whose hands rest the blood of American troops? Ask yourself this question," said McCain, R-Ariz. Congress ultimately agreed to back President Clinton's request to give him until March 1994 to get troops out, with funding denied after that date. In 1999, Congress passed similar legislation prohibiting money spent to keep U.S. troops in Haiti after May 2000." (Anne Flaherty, AP, 5/1/07) |
| UGoGirl | Posted – 5/3/2007 6:05:23 PM | show profile Just another indication of how hypocritical they are. If a Democratic president is elected in 2008, it will be interesting to see how the GOP may change its tune. |
| keltoi2 | Posted – 5/3/2007 6:30:23 PM | show profile Seems Bush, McCain and other GOP pols were clamoring back then to "cut and run", whatever the consequences. And for McCain in 1999, 18 dead US troops were too many. Now, apparently, 3,200 dead US soldiers don't seem to concern him as much. |
