Funny how the Republic Party were gung-ho to cut funding for the troops...

[LynnTheDem]

Funny how the Republic Party was ok with "enabling the enemy" with their criticism...

...when the President had a (D) after his name:

"It is a remarkable spectacle to see the Clinton Administration and NATO taking over from the Soviet Union the role of sponsoring "wars of national liberation."
-Representative Helen Chenoweth (R-ID)

"I had doubts about the bombing campaign from the beginning...I didn't think we had done enough in the diplomatic area."
-Senator Trent Lott (R-MS)

Gov. George W. Bush of Texas, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, today sharply criticized a bill backed by Senate Republicans that would set a deadline for withdrawing American ground troops from Kosovo.

"Until today, momentum seemed to be building among most Senate Republicans for the measure, which would cut off funds for the 5,900 United States forces in Kosovo by July 1, 2001, forcing their withdrawal, unless Congress authorizes an extension.

"Well, I just think it's a bad idea. What's going to happen is they're going to be over there for 10, 15, maybe 20 years"
-Joe Scarborough (R-FL)

"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

"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

"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is."
-Governor George W. Bush (R-TX)

“How can we vote next week to fund a mission that we voted against this week?
-Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN)

"President Clinton is once again releasing American military might on a foreign country with an ill-defined objective and no exit strategy. He has yet to tell the Congress how much this operation will cost. And he has not informed our nation's armed forces about how long they will be away from home. These strikes do not make for a sound foreign policy."
-Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA)

"No goal, no objective, not until we have those things and a compelling case is made, then I say, back out of it, because innocent people are going to die for nothing. That's why I'm against it."
-Sean Hannity, Fox News, 4/5/99

"My job as majority leader is be supportive of our troops, try to have input as decisions are made and to look at those decisions after they're made ... not to march in lock step with everything the president decides to do."
-Senator Trent Lott (R-MS)


"American foreign policy is now one huge big mystery. Simply put, the administration is trying to lead the world with a feel-good foreign policy."
-Representative Tom Delay (R-TX)

"If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy."
-Karen Hughes, speaking on behalf of presidential candidate George W. Bush

GOP Presidential candidate and House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. John Kasich (R-OH) criticized the Clinton administration’s policy in Kosovo and said, “Escalating this war doesn’t make any sense because starting this war did not make any sense.”

"Bombing a sovereign nation for ill-defined reasons with vague objectives undermines the American stature in the world. The international respect and trust for America has diminished every time we casually let the bombs fly."
-Representative Tom Delay (R-TX)

And my all-time fave:

"You can support the troops but not the president"
-Representative Tom Delay (R-TX)

Obviously only when the president has an (R) after his name.

[MaggieSwanson]

1. Nicely put together.

Let me be the first to K&R!

[polmaven]

2. And I also am pleased to recommend...

The list has been given before, and needs to be repeated again and again. This can never be stressed enough.

[oasis]

3. Thanks for posting.k&r

[Canuckistanian]

4. That remark of Delay's has been front and center on APJ for years

But I never understood it until AFTER the Iraq "war of choice".

[A Simple Game]

5. I'm surprised that you can't see the difference,

Kosovo had no WMD's, wasn't trying to get nuclear arms, couldn't strike us in a few minutes with drones, was not involved in 9/11, etc.

Now Iraq on the other hand...wasn't involved in ethnic cleansing at the time!

Well, Kosovo is in Europe and Iraq is in the Middle East, so there!

[AbbyR]

6. Of all the political gyrations, this angers me the most

Republicans can say anything, get away with anything, do anything, and no one, especially the media, cares. But heaven help us should a Democrat do or say EXACTLY the same thing. It makes me want to unplug the computer and never pay any attention to anything that's going on. Disgusting.

[EstimatedProphet]

8. Don't unplug the computer

This is the only place where you might have a chance of not having that go on!

[Heywood J]

7. K&R

If people were going to do something along the lines of the roses, but for Republicans, I'd have to say substitute a few copies of this and a few other pieces for each rose.

[cui bono]

9. Minor typo comment. I think you meant (D) in your last sentence.