Rice: More foreign troops likely in Iraq

[underpants]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/09/25/sprj.irq.rice/index.html

NEW YORK (CNN) -- National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said Thursday that it's likely other countries will contribute troops to the military effort in Iraq and that she expects France and Germany to provide some sort of aid.

"I think there's a good possibility that we may get some additional help," Rice said on ABC's "Good Morning America." "I don't know the size of that help."

"We're making preparations to be certain that the force levels are appropriate because, as the president said, the most important thing is to get this job done," Rice said.

"We will see if we can get further troop contributions. But the most important thing is to do this job and to do it well."

The actual interview
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/Politics/GMA030925RiceIntvu.html
Smile all is well smile all is well

[hang a left]

1. Oh yeah, your effing fired, Rice!

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. Throw some more bodies on the fire.

Simply a delightful outlook on the world. Deeeeeelightful.

[onehandle]

3. Hey Condi!

How many Terrorists did you create today?

An enslaved Iraq=Poor, young terrorist generation.

Where is your oil tanker anyway?

[Don_G]

4. If The BBC Is Correct

The UN is pulling out and this mis-administration has absolutely no clue on what's going on in the rest of the world. I think a lot of people are going to view ShrubCo as idiots and look harder at ShrubCo.

[NicoleM]

5. check out the interview

SAWYER: A quote — Feb. 24, 2001, from Secretary Powell. He says that Saddam Hussein has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. Was he wrong then?

RICE: As this story unfolded and you'll notice that's very early in the administration, we began to get important reporting, for instance, on the fact that in 1998 Saddam Hussein was diverting maybe $500 million in illegal funds from oil revenue by the period of 2002, not — $3 billion in illegal revenue. Yes, the story unfolded. The intelligence estimate on which the president acted said that Saddam Hussein had chemical, biological weapons and was pursuing nuclear weapons, and if left unchecked on the nuclear front, would have them by the end of the decade. That's the report on which he acted.

[remfan]

7. And let me guess, Sawyer failed to follow up?

Yes indeed, Condi, very early in the *administration* you and Powell were trying to sell SMART SANCTIONS and you CONTINUED to try and sell them until 9/11.

goddamn these people piss me off.

[NicoleM]

21. Of course she didn't follow up.

She's a Republican.

[underpants]

23. I believe "idiot" was the word Arafat used

No matter what you think of him that ws quite a historic TV moment.

[underpants]

11. Oh blame it on the intelligence report

They nuclear claims were first mentioned by Ari (Iraq 6 months away at that date) and the IAEA politely said that he had misspoken so reporters asked Ari again and he said that the IAEA report had said that AFTER Gulf1 they were 6 months away. Finally the IAEA was tired of being asked about it and said they NEVER issued such a report, they did say something about how Iraq MIGHT have been a few years away from developing nukes BEFORE Gulf1 but since then there was ZERO activity.

[qb]

6. Sure... more foreign troops...

12 from Suckupistan
8 from Bribaria
13 from Intimidatia...

[Caution]

8. ROFLMAO

that just made my day :)

[patdem]

9. That is VERY funny!

:bounce:

[underpants]

15. Wow three whole NEW nations joining us?

SO that would put the Coalition at about what 23?

VERY funny.

[rocktivity]

32. 10 Foreign Troops from Munchkinland

(who count as 5 because they're little)
9 from Freedonia
8 from the North Pole
3 from Never Never Land
4 from Dune
13 from The Upper Room
0 from Freeperville


rocknation

[The Magistrate]

10. The Only Way There Will Be More Foreign Troops, Sir

Is if the United States pays every penny of their deployment and operational costs, plus a healthy profit for the coffers of the government providing them.

As the song says, "Nobody rides for free...."

[Don_G]

13. Logistical Support Too

Hell, we can't even do that for OUR troops! Dimbo can't think beyond his fund-rasing efforts for 2004.

[spinbaby]

12. Wow, three weasel words in one sentence!

"I THINK there's a good POSSIBILITY that we MAY get some additional help,"

In other words, we don't have a snowball's chance in hell.

[salin]

14. whenever we hear this ask.... HOW MUCH ARE WE PAYING?

I think we are paying almost ALL of the bills for the "allied" troops (except, perhaps, the British). So this - along with the practice of nobid contracts just keep driving the cost up.

The other question we should be asking is:

WHen is George going to have to come back to the people to ask for even more money and how much more money will he request... so far the "pay for itself war" has a pricetag (based on allocated and requested allocation) of $186 billion.... HOW MUCH MORE GEORGE?

[NicoleM]

22. you've got George all wrong

He won't ask for a damn thing. He'll tell us what we're going to spend.

[LiberalFighter]

16. Thousands of Troops? What happened to the "Coalition Troops"?

The United States may have to alert thousands more National Guard and Reserve troops within weeks that they are needed for duty in Iraq, the Pentagon's second-ranking general said Wednesday.

The Bush administration still hopes that Turkey, India, Pakistan or South Korea will contribute thousands of troops for security duty in Iraq, said Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
**Turkey?? Wouldn't there be a problem having their troops especially in the Kurdish section? India and Pakistan??? Together?? Aren't they constantly at odds with each other?? South Korea?? When North Korea has been increasing their nuclear capability?? **

/snip/

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told a Senate committee Wednesday that U.S. allies are likely to commit only a limited number of forces beyond a British-led international division that is operating in southern Iraq and a Polish-led division that recently replaced a U.S. Marine division.

"We're not going to get a lot of international troops with or without a U.N. resolution," Rumsfeld said.

President Bush ended two days of meetings with foreign leaders at the United Nations on Wednesday without winning more international troops or funds for Iraq.

http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/1/077707-6641-010.html

[RetroLounge]

17. I agree with Rice

There will be more foreign troops in iraq.

Syrian
Iranian
Lebanese
Egyption
Saudi
Yemenese
Palestinian

Oh, she meant on our side?

[underpants]

20. You forgot the other troops

alQaeda

[hadrons]

18. is this really helping these numbnuts???

"I think there's a good possibility that we may get some additional help," Rice said on ABC's "Good Morning America." "I don't know the size of that help."

Ug-Lo says "I think there's a good possibility ... I don't know the size of that help", but the headline reads: "Rice: More foreign troops likely in Iraq"

Since when does "I think there's a good possibility" = "More foreign troops likely in Iraq"???

Doesn't this just highlight the failures when it doesn't happen?

[Nottingham]

19. Hey we are Desperate give us ANYTHING!

:bounce:

[peterh]

24. The soft-peddle approach….

I think it might be safe to say that the typical viewership of a morning show might be that of a stereotypical soccermom and if the goods you’re trying to peddle are defective…..Well, need I say more…


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The morning shows, which had become in significant part instruments for selling things, are still using sizable amounts of their new time to peddle, though the products are now more connected to the news.

[young_at_heart]

25. Remember the general who lost his job because of Rummy

Eric Shinseki said we didn't have enough troops in Iraq and Rumsfeld had a fit. Rumsfeld announced his retirement over a year before it happened thus rendering him a lame duck. I wish he'd speak out now!

[sleipnir]

26. Who????

What qualified military will send their troops to Iraq. Seriously, this is an absolute joke. I hear that Pakistan, S. Korea and maybe Japan? WTF, and they are supposed to replace the 101st. Give me a break, Pakistan = 101st? The Screaming Eagles could single-handedly defeat most of the "coalition" countries.

My point being, we are considering replacing elite units with some half-rate international troops. These countries won't send their best troops, no way, most of them are needed to defend against agressive neighbors. Iraq will become an even bigger mess when you get poorly trained and inadequatly supported soldiers from Pakistan, Japan, etc...

[underpants]

27. Isn't Pakistan worried about the Indian troops in Kashmir?

Are do I have that confused?

Anyway Welcome to DU :hi:

[sleipnir]

29. Yes indeed

Which is why if they send any troops, it'll be the undertrained, inexperienced, National Guard level people. They won't commit crack units when they're looking out for India.

Kinda funny how * wanted Indian troops as well in Iraq. Great, then we could have a India/Pakistan proxy war to boot. Stupid...

[Manix]

28. ..she is safe as the token African-American woman in BushCo

....otherwise she'd be back teaching Mongolian History 101.

[SodoffBush]

30. Australia may be willing to double its contribution

to 300.

[oldcoot]

31. Didn't Bush just insult the French again?

Why on earth would the French want to help us out? Rice and other Bush officials do not seem to have a firm grasp on reality.

[cliss]

33. I wonder how she feels

about being a representative for the party of the White Supremacists.

Didn't they used to call them Oreo's?