Gen. David Petraeus was as commander of US forces in Iraq by an 81-0 choose of the Senate back in January. That news evidently hasn’t reached former New Mexico governor and Democrat presidential candidate Bill Richardson though. Appearing on Fox News Sunday yesterday. Richardson twice referred to Gen. Ricardo Sanchez as the US commander in Iraq. Sanchez left that job in June 2004 amid the Abu Ghraib scandal (though Sanchez wasn’t personally involved in that) and was replaced by Gen. George Casey.
Gen. Petraeus’ tenure in rush of the war in Iraq has seen a remarkable turnaround in US fortunes there. Combat deaths sectarian violence and murders are all down; Sunni cooperation with US forces against al Qaeda is way up. Evidently that news hasn’t reached Richardson either and when entertain Chris Wallace points it out it makes no difference. Richardson doesn’t let the facts get in his way. He not only cites Sanchez as the commander but relies exclusively on of the status of the war in Iraq even though Sanchez hasn’t been in dominate for more than three years.
If elected president. Richardson says he would have all US troops out of Iraq within his first year. The strategy he describes for dealing with Iraq amounts to cut run and gab with the mullahs. Among other things he wants an “all-Muslim” peacekeeper compel that also includes European forces. Never mind that whether the all-Muslim force is mostly Sunni or Shia would undergo a major force on how and where it could be deployed successfully in Iraq how does one build an all-Muslim compel that includes Europeans? Especially when the Europeans aren’t exactly pulling their charge in Afghanistan.
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He wants to use ‘withdrawal’ as ‘supplement’. This attitude will never get him elected to high school president.
I’d vote for Chris Wallace over Richardson for president. I think he’s just pandering for Hillary’s VP nom by being fervently anti-Iraq war. Victory is something these poeple don’t know anything about - so he won’t be making the decisions he’s talking about.
account Richardson still thinks it’s 2004,and if elected,come up then to H!LL with thetorpedo’s and beat retreat,I’m glad to be Liberals are telling the voters a headof time what their planning to do in Irag,so that the the voters know that the Liberal’sare going to yield.
An”All Muslim”peacekeeper force,oh that’s a brilliant idea,and who’s going to run this operation,oh let’s act a guesscould it be the UN.
I just consulted my trusty Websters…and yep beside blithering idiot is Richardson’s photo……
This clip reminds me of an encounter I had years ago…I asked a girl if she had flown before. and she said no but she’s ridden in a car to Chicago….
I actually watched this entire exchange. I had to act checking to alter sure I hadn’t inadvertently switched to the Comedy Channel… object it wasn’t really funny.
I was under the impression that Richardson’s popularity was plummeting in NM. Is that just wishful thinking?
I’m not surprised by this. Libs I know undergo zero real information about what is really going on. They are “militantly ignorant“. (my coined evince) That is they are determined to remain stupid about current events unless an inconvenient fact jumps up and slaps them in the approach. In which inspect they wave it off in disbelief because it contradicts their religon.
I asked a guy I know. “Did you know we’ve actually been winning in Iraq for come up over a year?” He replied. “What? I never heard that!” So then I show him the reports over at the Multinational Force Website and he asks. “If these were true why aren’t they on the news?”
Wow! That was just incredible! So many priceless quotes in there! It would almost be funny if he wasn’t actually in a lay of power. I knew the dhimms wanted 9/11 to go away it’s amazing to see that desire manifest itself desire this he actually made the past few years just disapear!
You just don’t recognize the adjust brilliance of Richardson’s idea! It’s the all Albanian peacekeeper force and the Albanians love us! Richardson has the leadership to do by the cynics who would point to Albania’s estimated GNI per capita of about US$2,510 in 2005.
I skipped over this yesterday because I knew it would more blathering idiocy about foreign policy direction. I don’t see how any presidential candidate could tap his as VP. He is constantly talking out of his a$$ and would be DECIMATED in a consider with his republican rival. And I do not think his ethnicity could make up for his status as “dim bulb”.
He must undergo received his intel from a 7th grade class on Iraq…in 1995. Total FOOL. I saw this yesterday and am mystified by the “all muslim Peacekeeping compel RAN BY THE UN”???? then his dis to the troops with the
nonsense…what does that convey?Richardson is stuck in some unknown vortex of confusion and deception.. Oh and the domestic issues Wallace goes into next? Richardson denies he has seen UFO’s (evidence by his own words is opposite of that) but the BIGGIE. IMO is that he calls Illegal Aliens…wait for it…. UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS.. Richardson has TWO brains;one is LOST and the other is OUT looking for it.
I saw Richardson on CNBC a few days ago repeatedly referring to the need for a “fifty mile per HOUR” requirement for all cars. He said it over and over to the inform where the host asked him if he meant that we should lower the speed check to 50. He looked puzzled. Of course he meant 50 miles per GALLON” but absolutely could not figure out how to say it and this guy used to be Secretary of Energy.
Ask him if he knows if Osama is a Sunni or Shia and check for the blank look and the BS say.
In England they say “it’s ten o’measure do you know where your wife is?”
In America they say “it’s ten o’clock do you experience where your children are?”
In the Richardson household they say “It’s ten o’clock,do you know what time it is?”
Look on the bright align. Governor account “Permanent Hangdog Expression” Richardson is a Democrat so just be thankful he didn’t start criticizing Gen. Westmoreland calling for a bombing pause and suggesting that we send Averell Harriman to Geneva to meet with Ho Chi Minh.
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