Didn't Republicans Fight with Clinton about sending Troops into Bosnia?

Question

I seem to remeber a lot of criticism of Clinton for sending troops there. Why are they shocked that Democrats are criticizing Bush?

LOL. This quote is priceless.

"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


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Answer 1

HERE IS HOW GOP TRAITORS UNDERMINED AMERICAN RESOLVE DURING CLINTON'S SUCCESSFUL OPERATION IN THE BALKANS. REMEMBER, NOT ONE AMERICAN SOLDIER DIED.


"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

"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), 1999

"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, 1999

"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), 1999

"You think Vietnam was bad? Vietnam is nothing next to Kosovo." -Tony Snow, Fox News 3/24/99

"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), 1999

"I'm on the Senate Intelligence Committee, so you can trust me and believe me when I say we're running out of cruise missles. I can't tell you exactly how many we have left, for security reasons, but we're almost out of cruise missles."
-Senator Inhofe (R-OK), 1999

"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), 1999

"I don't know that Milosevic will ever raise a white flag" -Senator Don Nickles (R-OK), 1999

"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), 1999

"This is President Clinton's war, and when he falls flat on his face, that's his problem." -Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), 1999

"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), 1999

"You can support the troops but not the president" -Representative Tom Delay (R-TX), 1999

"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)

Answer 2

The reason Clinton was criticized for going into Bosnia was WHO we were going to defend and WHY we were going over. Clinton went into Bosnia to snuggle up to the Islamic radicals. The people Clinton was in bed with (bad choice of words given who I'm talking about) were some of the same people who flew into the World Trade Center, The Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania (thanks to the heroic efforts of the American passengers.

Bush went into Iraq to fight TERRORISTS. Even the left wing TV stations had to report Bin Ladens' second in command video saying that they feel they are winning in Iraq. This blows the dems argument that the terrorists that are responsible for 9-11 are not in Iraq.

Answer 3

Some folks simply criticize a candidate just to bring the person down.

Others don't like the USA meddling in foreign wars...period!

I'm honestly not so sure there are many other reasons, unless you want to play the "terrorism card" and much of that is subject to scrutiny.

So ...

Personally, I've come to believe that about 90% of the global politics are based on multinational corporate pressures and have much more to do with elite corporate and economic protectionism and making a buck than in fighting for noble causes.

Answer 4

US intervened after Serbian aggression on Bosnia. Bosnian Muslims were ethically cleaned from their country , term which we call now Bosnian genocide. Bosnian Muslim could not defend themselves effectively because arms embargo that was enforced by UN. Arms embargo was a crime, because Bosnia was sovereign country with a right to protect own people. US intervened to stop the war, and to effectively wash their hands of collective responsibility related to arms embargo.

Answer 5

Clinton sent troops into Bosnia with the hope of currying favor with the Islamic world. Look how well that worked! While he was fighting to save Islamic Fundamentalists they were taking flying lessons to bring down our towers in NY. And now that part of the world is a path for terrorists into Europe.

Answer 6

Wow! The man who ducked out of serving in the Vietnam War now says other men have a duty to send their sons to fight a foreign war.

Answer 7

you're making the argument for why all of these partisan hacks need to get out of our capital.

and btw, real conservatives are non-interventionists. Iraq was a mistake from the beginning (and only %30 of us get to say we thought so in march of 03).

Answer 8

Because Clinton was supporting the Islamic Fascist over the legit governments of the countries.

Look at the parties involved from a religous ideological viewpoint.

Answer 9

yes they gave him a hard time,but US involvement started under G H W Bush

Answer 10

You can't blame Clinton again for the actions of sorry-azz Bush