Timetable? We don't need no stinkin' timetable....GW Bush

[Gabi Hayes]

In 1999, George W. Bush criticized President Clinton for not setting a timetable for exiting Kosovo, and yet he refuses to apply the same standard to his war.

George W. Bush, 4/9/99:

“Victory means exit strategy, and it’s important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is.”

And on the specific need for a timetable, here’s what Bush said then and what he says now:

George W. Bush, 6/5/99


“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it’s also important for the president to lay out a timetable as to how long they will be involved and when they will be withdrawn.”



VERSUS

George W. Bush, 6/24/05:

“It doesn’t make any sense to have a timetable. You know, if you give a timetable, you’re — you’re conceding too much to the enemy.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/06/28/in-1999-bush-demanded-a-timetable/

anybody have those other quotes, by Lott, Gingrich, DeLay, also said during the Kosovo 'struggle,' which, if attributed to dems today, would have them immediately labeled traitors?

EDIT: aaahhhhh, this feels SO good>>>>

"Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life?"
-Sean Hannity, Fox News, 4/6/99

25 more here
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/6/18/161016/461

was out of town when these came out, if this is a rerun (nost likely)

[DawnneOBTS]

1. This should be in the national news...

...not just on DU. This is the truth-is there anyway of getting it to Olbermann?

[Gabi Hayes]

2. ha...how many MYRIAD stories could you say that about?

if they'd even begun to practice journalism in 1999, we wouldn't be here/there/everywhere today

now....top this:

"I cannot support a failed foreign policy. History teaches us that it is often easier to make war than peace. This administration is just learning that lesson right now. The President began this mission with very vague objectives and lots of unanswered questions. A month later, these questions are still unanswered. There are no clarified rules of engagement.

There is no timetable. There is no legitimate definition of victory. There is no contingency plan for mission creep. There is no clear funding program. There is no agenda to bolster our overextended military. There is no explanation defining what vital national interests are at stake. There was no strategic plan for war when the President started this thing, and there still is no plan today"
-Representative Tom Delay (R-TX)

[Gabi Hayes]

3. Hey! Sean! just how many came home that way? huh?

"Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life?"
-Sean Hannity, Fox News, 4/6/99


you lying little pissant

how sweet would it be to call his stinky little show, read that quote back to him, and ask him what sort of sniveling traitor would stoop so low in time of war to spout such sedition

[Gabi Hayes]

4. still feel like this today, dumbest senator?

"The two powers that have ICBMs that can reach the United States are Russia and China. Here we go in. We're taking on not just Milosevic. We can't just say, 'that little guy, we can whip him.' We have these two other powers that have missiles that can reach us, and we have zero defense thanks to this president."
-Senator James Inhofe (R-OK)

[Gabi Hayes]

5. speaking of innocents, how's Lori doing these days?

"This has been an unmitigated disaster ... Ask the Chinese embassy. Ask all the people in Belgrade that we've killed. Ask the refugees that we've killed. Ask the people in nursing homes. Ask the people in hospitals."
- Joe Scarborough