When you have a losing plan, who do you blame?: Clinton.
The Carpetbagger Report:
Of all of Bush’s misstatements from the 2000 presidential election, one of the most obviously-false attacks was on military readiness. Indeed, then-Gov. Bush blamed Clinton and Gore directly for “hollowing out” the military. “If called on by the commander-in-chief today, two entire divisions of the Army would have to report, ‘Not ready for duty, sir.’” BC00 campaign aides later acknowledged it was a bogus charge, but that didn’t stop Bush from repeating it. A lot.
Nearly eight years later, Fred Thompson has apparently decided he wants to borrow the same argument.
The U.S. must rebuild its military to fight global terrorism because leaders “took a holiday” in the 1990s after the end of the Cold War, undeclared presidential candidate Fred Thompson told war veterans Tuesday.
“Some people in this country think if we can pull out of Iraq, our problems will be over,” Thompson told the Veterans of Foreign Wars. “You and I know better than that.”
“Now we’re stretched too thin, and our equipment is wearing out,” said Thompson.
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