Hagel Rips Bush on Iraq -- Says War Hurt Terror Battle

[Eloriel]

I think he is -- and has been -- getting ready for a bid for the Presidency himself.

Republican senator rips Bush on Iraq strategy
Hagel says war hurt U.S. in terror battle

James Sterngold, Chronicle Staff Writer


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/06/30/MNGTS7E5RK1.DTL

Los Angeles -- Sen. Chuck Hagel, an influential moderate Republican from Nebraska, sharply criticized the Bush administration in an interview here Tuesday, saying that the war in Iraq appears to have hurt America in its battle against terrorism.

Hagel, a politician sometimes mentioned as a future presidential contender, also said the United States is going to have to consider restarting the draft to maintain its many military commitments abroad.

In a sharp critique of the leader of his own party, Hagel said he believes the occupation of Iraq by the American military was poorly planned and has spread terrorist cells more widely around the world.

"This put in motion a new geographic dispersion" of the terrorists, said Hagel, 58, in an interview before delivering a speech to the Pacific Council on International Policy in Los Angeles. "It's harder to deal with them because they're not as contained. Iraq has become a training ground."

He added that although it is too soon to judge how the war in Iraq will ultimately influence the war on terror, in the short term it has created more terrorists and given them more targets -- American soldiers.

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[FreakinDJ]

1. About time some one started speaking the truth

I bet the Freepers are having a fit over this

[stellanoir]

2. the rats are jumping

the shark. . .whoops. . .I meant ship

[FreakinDJ]

8. They want Bush out of office

Every one is starting to recognise the damage being done at home and abroad. Even the RNC is begining to fear the price the US will pay as a whole if we "stay the course"

you will see defections and leaks pick up with pace as the election nears

bush is toast

[dand]

3. Hagel knows that this gang of war criminals is going down,

too many atrocities, too much theft, too much arrogance, too much incompetence, he is the break in the dam.

[Manix]

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[Manix]

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[Manix]

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[Manix]

7. ...one of the few thinking repugs.

....sorry don't know how this multi-post happened..

..damn computers