Hagel opposes sending more troops to Baghdad, for Clinton/GHW Bush conf.

[DeepModem Mom]

NYT/Reuters: Hagel Opposes Sending More Troops to Baghdad
By REUTERS
Published: August 6, 2006

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, a frequent Republican critic of President George W. Bush's Iraq policy, said on Sunday it was irresponsible and wrong to send more U.S. troops to Baghdad.

Speaking on the CBS show "Face the Nation,'' Hagel said pouring more U.S. troops into Baghdad would not reverse the rising tide of sectarian killing there.

"Where we go from here ... is a cold, hard assessment that Iraq is not going to turn out the way we were promised it would, and that's a fact, not because I say it -- that's the way it's going,'' he said.

Hagel said there were no longer any good options in Iraq for the United States. He suggested enlisting former Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush the elder to convene a regional peace conference.

"It is very wrong to put American troops in a hopeless, winless situation, just keep feeding them in to what's going on. That's irresponsible and that is wrong,'' he said....

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-iraq-usa-hagel.html

[joemurphy]

1. I have to laugh at his "solution". Bring in Big Dog and Daddy

to make things right. Fat chance.

[rodeodance]

4. this solution is a smack down for little man Jr.

[Cha]

15. And coming from a

repig from Nebraska, yet!

[MissWaverly]

7. What options do we have

I read that Conde could not even touch down in an Arab state on her way back from Israel.

[yngliberal]

2. Question

Didn't Kerry propose a peace conference with Bush/Clinton earlier this year when they were debating the Iraq War?

[DeepModem Mom]

3. Sounds familiar. They may talk about things -- both vets. nt

[JeffR]

5. ES&S connections notwithstanding

There's a lot to like about this guy. He's always struck me as too smart to be a Republican. But since he is a Republican, I hold him responsible for the giant mess that his party has made out of everything.

[Omaha Steve]

6. DeepModem Mom beat me to a Hagel story?

Well done!

[DeepModem Mom]

8. Just browsing the NYT, and there it was -- lucky break!

:patriot:

[felman87]

9. Clinton and George H.W. Bush

Make a good team. Just look at all the help they've givent he world with their charity. The tsunami and hurricane katrina victims just to name some.

[bumblebee1]

11. You're right, Big Dog and GHWB do make a good team.

Too bad they could not have been President and Vice President. Clinton would have made a better VP for Daddy Bush than Dan Quayle ever did.

[Solly Mack]

10. "Iraq is not going to turn out the way we were promised it would"

Naturally, no one could have anticipated that..

[Sanity Claws]

12. Nice slap across the face to W

W didn't want to do things like daddy. Now a senior Republican is telling him he should let his daddy and daddy's new friend clean up his mess. HaHaHa.

[DeepModem Mom]

13. That is indeed a rich turn of events! And not just friends --

I think GHW has said he's the father Bill never had.

[theanarch]

14. and the insinuation being that Bill is the son...

...Bush Sr. always wanted to have, but didn't, despite having four of his own?

[DeepModem Mom]

17. Yep! nt

[SquireJons]

16. Wow!

I don't trust Hagel very much, but if he's willing to allow former President Clinton to share the big stage, he must be serious in his opposition to current U.S. policy in Iraq. I wonder if he's still allowed to sit with the other pugs during lunch in the Senate cafeteria?