1999: Bush demands TIMETABLE for withdrawal of US troops from Kosovo

[DesEtoiles]

Speaker: President George W. Bush
Title: Statement on Kosovo Accord
Location: Bush for President
Date: 06/04/1999

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Third, once they are returned to their homes, the Kosovars must be protected by an international peacekeeping force with NATO at its core. Any United States forces involved must be under United States or NATO command. The President should also lay out a timetable for how long American troops will be involved and when they will be removed. If a residual force is needed, it is important that over time United States troops are withdrawn and our European allies assume most of the responsibility.

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Timetable? Wouldn't a timetable embolden the enemy, jerk?

[niyad]

1. george wasn't president then- and I don't recall him giving a NATO speech

as governor of texas--hell, he didn't even know where kosovo WAS then, much less the correct name for the people of the area

[niceypoo]

2. Heres the link....from PBS

http://www.pbs.org/php/democracy/checktherecord/speeches.php3?mode=display&speech=2639&id=CNIP9043&w1=&w2=&w3=&w4=&w5=

[niyad]

3. he STILL wasn't president then-- supposedly it comes from "bush FOR

president"

[tkmorris]

5. So what?

No one claimed he was president when he said it, nor does it matter. If timetables for troop pullouts are good, they are good. If they are bad, they are bad.

The man is a hypocrite.

[niyad]

6. if you notice the header, it says president george bush, that's what. and

yes, we all know the man is a lying, conniving hypocrite, but let us not make him any more important than he is.

I would have loved to hear him try to give that speech, considering how poor his command of the language is--he didn't even know where kosovo was then, he had absolutely NO clue about foreign affairs at all. so why was he giving that speech, and where?

[DesEtoiles]

4. it's on vote-smart.org