Reagan's Sec. of Navy to run for Senator of VA

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Ex-naval head seeks to be Democratic nominee for Senate

Feb 8, 2006

Former Navy Secretary James H. Webb Jr. said yesterday that he will file papers this week to seek the Democratic nomination to run for the U.S. Senate this year.

Webb, who lives in Arlington County, would join Harris N. Miller, a Fairfax County computer executive, in seeking the party's nomination.

The nominee will oppose U.S. Sen. George Allen, a Republican who is seeking a second six-year term in the Senate. Allen is a strong favorite.

Webb, who was secretary of the Navy under Republican President Ronald Reagan, resigned in protest of cutbacks in the Navy fleet. He has been a strong critic of the war in Iraq, saying that the Bush administration has never developed an exit strategy.

Webb is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and served in the Marines in the Vietnam War. He is the author of the nonfiction book "Born Fighting, How the Scots-Irish Shaped America," as well as six novels.

In an e-mail message, Webb said he would have more to say about his candidacy next week.

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satel...s=1045855934842

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Webb, who was secretary of the Navy under Republican President Ronald Reagan, resigned in protest of cutbacks in the Navy fleet. He has been a strong critic of the war in Iraq, saying that the Bush administration has never developed an exit strategy.

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Well, he just guaranteed his defeat. More "cut and run" fodder for the heap.

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This exit strategy crap has been allowed into the Iraq discussion for far longer than it should have been. There's never been an 'exit strategy' for any other war, other than kick the other guy's ass, win the war, then leave. That's what we're doing, and if it doesn't go exactly as some would want, but we still win, some will still cry that we're losing.

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If the dems are serious about combating terrorist and terrorist organizations world wide, how can there be an exit strategy?

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Yeah, this "exit strategy" crap is really just pablum from morons, ain't it?

BUSH: Well, if it's in our vital national interest, and that means whether our territory is threatened or people could be harmed, whether or not the alliances are -- our defense alliances are threatened, whether or not our friends in the Middle East are threatened. That would be a time to seriously consider the use of force. Secondly, whether or not the mission was clear. Whether or not it was a clear understanding as to what the mission would be. Thirdly, whether or not we were prepared and trained to win. Whether or not our forces were of high morale and high standing and well-equipped. And finally, whether or not there was an exit strategy. I would take the use of force very seriously. I would be guarded in my approach. I don't think we can be all things to all people in the world. I think we've got to be very careful when we commit our troops. The vice president and I have a disagreement about the use of troops. He believes in nation building. I would be very careful about using our troops as nation builders. I believe the role of the military is to fight and win war and therefore prevent war from happening in the first place. So I would take my responsibility seriously. And it starts with making sure we rebuild our military power. Morale in today's military is too low. We're having trouble meeting recruiting goals. We met the goals this year, but in the previous years we have not met recruiting goals. Some of our troops are not well-equipped. I believe we're overextended in too many places.

Bush in 2000

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Yeah, this "exit strategy" crap is really just pablum from morons, ain't it?

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It must be you keep bringing it up.

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Yeah, this "exit strategy" crap is really just pablum from morons, ain't it?

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It must be you keep bringing it up.

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Can't read a thread? Considered Sylvan Learning Center?

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Yeah, this "exit strategy" crap is really just pablum from morons, ain't it?

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It must be you keep bringing it up.

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Can't read a thread? Considered Sylvan Learning Center?

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If he is a democrat and he is running for office he will be talking about an exit strategy. You have been gone for several days, I am glad your covalence from lobotomy required by the DNC didn't affect your typing.

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Yeah, this "exit strategy" crap is really just pablum from morons, ain't it?

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It must be you keep bringing it up.

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Can't read a thread? Considered Sylvan Learning Center?

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If he is a democrat and he is running for office he will be talking about an exit strategy.

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When Bush ran for office, he insisted on an exit strategy. You guys didn't mind it then. Probably said, "Hell, yeah!" Republican hypocrites.

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Yeah, this "exit strategy" crap is really just pablum from morons, ain't it?

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It must be you keep bringing it up.

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Can't read a thread? Considered Sylvan Learning Center?

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If he is a democrat and he is running for office he will be talking about an exit strategy.

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When Bush ran for office, he insisted on an exit strategy. You guys didn't mind it then. Probably said, "Hell, yeah!" Republican hypocrites.

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Give us a link on that.

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Yeah, this "exit strategy" crap is really just pablum from morons, ain't it?

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It must be you keep bringing it up.

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Can't read a thread? Considered Sylvan Learning Center?

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If he is a democrat and he is running for office he will be talking about an exit strategy.

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When Bush ran for office, he insisted on an exit strategy. You guys didn't mind it then. Probably said, "Hell, yeah!" Republican hypocrites.

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Give us a link on that.

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Why did they second-guess our commitment to freedom from genocide and demand that we cut and run?

"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)

"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

Why did they demoralize our brave men and women in uniform?

"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)

"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)

"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)

"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)

"I don't know that Milosevic will ever raise a white flag"

-Senator Don Nickles (R-OK)

"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

Why didn't they support our president in a time of war?

"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)

"This is President Clinton's war, and when he falls flat on his face, that's his problem."

-Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)

"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)

"You can support the troops but not the president"

-Representative Tom Delay (R-TX)

"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)

For us to call this a victory and to commend the President of the United States as the Commander in Chief showing great leadership in Operation Allied Force is a farce"

-Representative Tom Delay (R-TX)

Why did they blame America first?

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)

"Once the bombing commenced, I think then Milosevic unleashed his forces, and then that's when the slaughtering and the massive ethnic cleansing really started"

-Senator Don Nickles (R-OK)

"Clinton's bombing campaign has caused all of these problems to explode"

-Representative Tom Delay (R-TX)

"America has no vital interest in whose flag flies over Kosovo's capital, and no right to attack and kill Serb soldiers fighting on their own soil to preserve the territorial integrity of their own country"

-Pat Buchanan ®

"These international war criminals were led by Gen. Wesley Clark ... who clicked his shiny heels for the commander-in-grief, Bill Clinton."

-Michael Savage

"This has been an unmitigated disaster ... Ask the Chinese embassy. Ask all the people in Belgrade that we've killed. Ask the refugees that we've killed. Ask the people in nursing homes. Ask the people in hospitals."

-Representative Joe Scarborough (R-FL)

"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)

"America has no vital interest in whose flag flies over Kosovo's capital, and no right to attack and kill Serb soldiers fighting on their own soil to preserve the territorial integrity of their own country"

-Pat Buchanan ®

"By the order to launch air strikes against Serbia, NATO and President Clinton have entered uncharted territory in mankind's history. Not even Hitler's grab of the Sudetenland in the 1930s, which eventually led to WW II, ranks as a comparable travesty. For, there are no American interests whatsoever that the NATO bombing will either help, or protect; only needless risks to which it exposes the American soldiers and assets, not to mention the victims on the ground in Serbia."

-Bob Djurdjevic, founder of Truth in Media

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/6/18/161016/461

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I've learned two things from that link.

Politician Hypocrisy knows no bounds and that left-wing fringe website is chock full of propaganda and misinformation. Kind of makes you wonder about those that constantly link to that site...

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I've learned two things from that link.

Politician Hypocrisy knows no bounds and that left-wing fringe website is chock full of propaganda and misinformation.  Kind of makes you wonder about those that constantly link to that site... 

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I've learned two things from that link.

Politician Hypocrisy knows no bounds and that left-wing fringe website is chock full of propaganda and misinformation.  Kind of makes you wonder about those that constantly link to that site... 

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The only "exit strategy" is victory. Do the job, then go home. Why don't you democrats let the military fight this war? We're very capable of handling the job on the battlefield (we're actually trained in the art of warfare), so you guys can go back to strategizing how to dupe Americans into accepting socalized health care and gay cowboy/sheepherder movies.

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...so you guys can go back to strategizing how to dupe Americans into accepting socalized health care and gay cowboy/sheepherder movies.

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