Hagel: Iraq Is ‘A Hopeless, Winless Situation’
Appearing today on CBS Face the Nation, Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) described Iraq as “a hopeless, winless situation.” He harshly criticized the Bush administration’s recent decision to increase troop levels calling it “very wrong” and “irresponsible.”
Hagel said Iraq was “headed” toward a civil war. He was adamant that “we cannot put American troops, and ask them to do the things that we’re asking them to do in the middle of a civil war.” Hagel added, “I hope this administration has got a way out of this.” Watch it:
Transcript:
HAGEL: There’s no good options here, no good options. I–I would move toward a higher ground toward right back to what you talked about, Bob, the regionalization. I would–I would get the first President Bush, President Clinton involved and try to impanel a–a regional security conference, a regional diplomatic conference. The UN can be part of that. Unless you come at it that way, we’re going to be leaving Iraq, and it is not going to be the way we intended to leave Iraq. Because that–that is the direction of where this is going. It is very wrong, Bob, to put American troops in a hopeless, winless situation, just keep feeding them in to–to what’s going on. That’s irresponsible and that is wrong.
SCHIEFFER: But if, if the United States leaves, won’t you somehow have a confederation of Iran and the government there with the Shiites that are in–in–in southern Iraq?
Sen. HAGEL: Bob, like I said, there…there–Bob, Bob, there are no good options here. That–that may well happen, I don’t know. But let me ask you the question, and I hope the president and his people are starting to ask themselves this question, that what is–what is the alternative? Are we going to put our troops in the middle of a civil war? Who are they going to fight? This will be slaughter of immense proportions. The American people will not put up with it, the leadership in Congress will not put up with it. I hope this administration has got a way out of this, because yes that’s a tough question, Bob, but the fact is that may well be the way it turns out. But we cannot put American troops, and ask them to do the things that we’re asking them to do in the middle of a civil war, and that’s where it’s headed.
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Sen. Hagel needs to confront Pres. Bush directly about pulling the troops out of Iraq, because otherwise Chuck is just spewing platitudes, and nothing more! Actions mean more than words!
August 6th, 2006 at 8:53 pmI agree… Chuck needs to directly challenge the president.
August 6th, 2006 at 8:55 pmYou got the talking done, Chuck, now let’s see some action.
This is your moment, Chuck, commit to it.
August 6th, 2006 at 8:56 pmYou be talking the talk, Man.
Just now be showin’ us the walkin’, Bro.
August 6th, 2006 at 9:00 pmChuckie is facing mid-term elections, and now’s the time for “I never agreed with this war or this President’s strategy” to save his hide and those of other Fascists. I give no credit to the criminal who has a deathbed conversion because he’s afraid of what will happen.
August 6th, 2006 at 9:03 pmLet’s see if Hagel is another Specter or if he’s a… a…. well, a…. crap, I can’t think of any honorable living Republicans. Let’s go with Lincoln. If a dead-president is the best they can do for intergrity, well, so be it.
August 6th, 2006 at 9:04 pmThe ship is sinking. One by one, the passengers will leave, will the captain be last, or will he name another as captain and run away?
August 6th, 2006 at 9:04 pmIt’s really sad thousands had to die for Chuckie to “suddenly” have an epiphany.
August 6th, 2006 at 9:09 pmThe way I see it if a Senator is not up for election again till 2008, or 2010, since they have 6 year terms and only 1/3 are up for election every 2 years, then Senators should be more bold to confront Pres. Bush, because he only has just over 2 years left of his presidency! After Bush leaves office in January 2009, then he will have NO means to punish any Senators, so come on Hagel and others > stand-up to Dubya and call him an ass to his face!
August 6th, 2006 at 9:12 pmExcept Cheney and Bush have been taping, taping, and recording these guys for years. I’m sure Cheney has a file on every republofascist and his mistress/little boy/favorite farm animal and would go public if they get out of line.
August 6th, 2006 at 9:14 pmJay,
Good point. Unless they know that he’s going to alter the Constitution to allow himself a third term, and a fourth. Third Reich has already been done. Sociopaths like Bush need to one man up the other guys. Fourth Reich for Heir Bush!
August 6th, 2006 at 9:17 pmWhoa — why doesn’t the press have a love affair with *this* GOP maverick?
August 6th, 2006 at 9:19 pmYes unbelievable if the Senators know in advance that Bush intends to remain as a de-facto dictator after January 2009, then NO wonder they are all cowards, since they do not want to be sent to GITMO perhaps?! And, if that is the case, then we are probably all saps voting in November, but we still have to take the chance that Dubya can be impeached, or gone by 2009!
August 6th, 2006 at 9:23 pmMy hope is that the Congress in February 2009 would declare that NO Bush family member can ever be elected to a political office again, nor appointed to any position for all eternity > that clan has caused too much bloodshed and corruption to this nation!
August 6th, 2006 at 9:28 pmJay,
(Ignoring Emperor Pee), Bush’s Soul Contract with Satan expires in January 2009, so while he might fool Congress and the Senate, I doubt he’ll fool The Debil… : )
August 6th, 2006 at 9:29 pmI love the fact that Hagel said Iraq is “headed for” a civil war. I’d love the idea of dropping every chickenhawk 20 miles outside Baghdad in full Army gear and let them make a run for the Green Zone, maybe that would finally wipe out this “headed for” a civil war crap.
August 6th, 2006 at 9:31 pmSeems Emperor Pee is on the clock for a bit longer than Darien. Let’s see if we can ignore him so they don’t give him his bonus….
August 6th, 2006 at 9:36 pmunbelievable we have to hope Bush’s time expires in January 2009 > the thought of any more years after that would make things hopeless now! It’s like a countdown now > 30 months, then 29, 28, 27 … 1 month > break out the champagne we survived > lol.
August 6th, 2006 at 9:39 pmJay,
I’m hoping the November vote, if honest, makes him a lame duck and then it’ll only be 6 months until he’s as politically impotent as he is physically…
August 6th, 2006 at 9:44 pmThey say the force has a powerful influence on weak minds…
August 6th, 2006 at 9:47 pmThis is not the blog you are looking for
Move along…
Palpatine > why do you like Guilliani so much, since you know he would be a fascist as president? Seems odd to want more bad things for our America > we need a calm non-fascist leader after Bush is gone!
August 6th, 2006 at 9:49 pmJay,
Empeor Pee is protected from fascism by the force. He hopes…
August 6th, 2006 at 9:52 pmLos Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll. July 28-Aug. 1, 2006. N=1,331 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.
.
“If the election for Congress was being held today, which party would you like to see win in your congressional district: the Democratic Party or the Republican Party?” Results include leaners
7/28 - 8/1/06
Republican Democratic Other Neither Unsure
37 48 1 5 9
Eleven points is a lot to pick up. Even is all 9% of the unsures went that way doesn’t get it done.
August 6th, 2006 at 9:53 pmSee ya in November.
Jay,
I think that if we’re gonna talk to a troll, it should be to reduce them to the jokes that they are. Let’s not take them seriously. They don’t derserve it.
Later!
August 6th, 2006 at 9:53 pmYes post 32 unbelievable > you are probably correct about that! See you later and take care!
August 6th, 2006 at 9:56 pmZooey when do we get a “Darth Vader” troll? Just asking > lol.
August 6th, 2006 at 9:57 pmZooey when do we get a “Darth Vader†troll? Just asking > lol.
Comment by Jay Randal
Any day now, I expect. :)
August 6th, 2006 at 10:00 pmVADER: Don’t be too proud of this technological terror you’ve
constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to
the power of the Force.
MOTTI: Don’t try to frighten us with your sorcerer’s ways, Lord Vader.
Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you conjure
up the stolen data tapes, or given you clairvoyance enough to find the
Rebel’s hidden fort…
Suddenly Motti chokes and starts to turn blue under Vader’s
spell.
VADER: I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Are you sure you want this troll??
August 6th, 2006 at 10:06 pmAre you sure you want this troll??
Comment by RUCerious
*snort* No, don’t want — expect.
August 6th, 2006 at 10:11 pmRUcerous lol > well we have Seixon on here and he reminds me of young Aniken Skywalker just before he bcame Darth Vader! The Norwegian is falling for the powers of the “Dark Side” of the Force!
August 6th, 2006 at 10:11 pmSadly, tis true. They lurk behind every bush…
August 6th, 2006 at 10:11 pmRUCerious > sorry mispelled your screen name.
August 6th, 2006 at 10:13 pm#40 - S’OK
August 6th, 2006 at 10:13 pmBut seriously folks, if midwestern faux farm boy Hagel is doing more than just spouting electme paranoia, there may be hope yet to thwart Chimpy’s technological terror.
August 6th, 2006 at 10:16 pmBush isn’t a Fascist, If he was where are the death squads?
Comment by Emperor Palpatine
Patience, grasshopper….
August 6th, 2006 at 10:27 pmdon’t know if dennis made it yet….
Comment by what no no no
Oh my god, j, oh my god, if only it were real….
August 6th, 2006 at 10:30 pm:-D
j,
Emperor Pee only wants to know where the death squads are so he can run in the other direction.
August 6th, 2006 at 10:32 pmj,
I saw one thing by Judd this morning, the same thing he posted Friday night, but nothing actually happened — except to you at any moment, I’m thinking.
August 6th, 2006 at 10:42 pmwhere are the death squads?
Coming to a town near yours soon!
August 6th, 2006 at 10:51 pmPost 44 > wow that is a shocking pic > Bush in leather and tied to a bed > Condi just needs a whip huh?
Pic of Hastert > you just find a fat Walrus on the beach and stick Hastert’s head on it > lol.
August 6th, 2006 at 10:53 pmI don’t want to puff puff, you silly monoclone dope. Now get out my face jeep.
August 6th, 2006 at 10:54 pmImperious Pimpletine!
August 6th, 2006 at 10:55 pmMany of those “rounded up” on the fields of Afghanistan were actually handed over by warlords for the “reward”. Their only crime? Whatever the warlord wanted to charge them with.
Freedumb on the march!
We have another chickenhawk troll?
August 6th, 2006 at 10:55 pmChickenhawk as chickenhawk does. I nilly whitle silly sucker, mou. Choo choo my dimply doo wap.
August 6th, 2006 at 10:57 pmYou could watch it, or you could go read a good political blog, which would be much more informative. Don’t click that Hagel!
August 6th, 2006 at 11:00 pmThey aren’t Americans.
how about New York, Boston and LA that would go along way to getting rid of trash!
Comment by Emperor Palpatine
That’s horrendous.
Dismissed.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:00 pmStuck on stupid…
http://www.antimedia.us/files/ShowLetter.jpg
August 6th, 2006 at 11:01 pm#5 bones
Chuckie is facing mid-term elections, and now’s the time for “I never agreed with this war or this President’s strategy†to save his hide and those of other Fascists. I give no credit to the criminal who has a deathbed conversion because he’s afraid of what will happen.
1. Hagel’s been saying this for a while. He warned Bush on the problems of occupation before the invasion and described what would happen exactly as it has. Not a deathbed coversion.
2. He’s in Nebraska, where there isn’t any political urgency for moderating his views. And, he’s not running for re-election this year.
If you want to complain about Hagel not being forceful enough, that’s fine. But he’s been saying that the military was broken, and blaming the administration for it, for close to a year now.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:11 pm#23- E.P.- Hey, did you happen to see the pictures of GWB, HOLDING HANDS with a member of the Saudi Royal Family? It was a memorable one for me. And how about the Saudi Prince, Bandar? Did you know his nick-name is “Bandar Bush”? That’s how close GWB is with those ‘progressive’ Saudi Royals! Pretty neat, don’t you think? Oh, are Saudi Arabians ‘Islamo-Facists’ as well as ‘progressives’ in your eyes?
August 6th, 2006 at 11:15 pmCyra I like the pic of Bush kissing the Saudi King on the lips > wow the King looked kinda shocked, but Dubya looked like he enjoyed it > lol.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:18 pmj,
Holy shit, I had no idea it was that difficult. Keep trying, at leat once in a while, ok?
August 6th, 2006 at 11:21 pmBush isn’t a Fascist, If he was where are the death squads?
Comment by Emperor Palpatine — August 6, 2006 @ 10:26 pm
They are in Iraq and Afghanistan right now. They were in New Orleans shooting looters. They are at the south border shooting immigrants.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:24 pmBreath of fresh air on TP threads tonight, since Darien stopped calling us anti-semitic on here!
August 6th, 2006 at 11:28 pmwe need a real leader that will bring a WW2 style war against the The Islamists.
Comment by Emperor Palpatine — August 6, 2006 @ 11:19 pm
So you want to nuke them. 60 years ago there was a bomb dropped over Japan…twice. 130,000 civilians died in Hiroshima like this…in an instant. 70,000 died in Nagasaki after a bomb was dropped over Mitsubishi´s arms factory. That bomb contained really cool, caring and loving messages written all over.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:29 pmOn the South border. Your delusional. If that was true we would be in the Streets as we were in April and May.
Comment by Emperor Palpatine — August 6, 2006 @ 11:29 pm
Please, check the statistics of how many immigrants have died from gunshots.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:30 pmHitler was a Socialist. Don’t forget.
Comment by Emperor Palpatine — August 6, 2006 @ 11:30 pm
Nationalsocialist. Dont forget…besides he could have claimed anything…he was a nazi. (You know, from the right…not the left) Read some economic politics.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:31 pmYou guys are anti-semtic. Hitler was a Socialist. Don’t forget.
Comment by Emperor Palpatine
Emperor Pee, you’re a poor substitute for Darien because you don’t give a shit if we’re anti-semites or not.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:32 pmYes, Mecca, Medina, Teheran, Baghdad, Damascus and Islambad!
that would be great!
Comment by Emperor Palpatine — August 6, 2006 @ 11:31 pm
Ok, I thought I was talking with a non-asshole.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:33 pmPalpatine > are you for Obrador or Calderon? Your answer will tell us much about yourself!
August 6th, 2006 at 11:34 pmHitler was a Socialist. Don’t forget.
Comment by Emperor Palpatine
Another one…christ on a cracker. Educate yourself, Pee.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:34 pmZoo…hows the wheat burning? :)
August 6th, 2006 at 11:34 pmHi Juan,
It’s out — near me anyway. Still a bit smoky, but better. Thanks for asking. :)
How do like our Emperor Pee?
August 6th, 2006 at 11:36 pmLike you’re new idol Hugo Chavez.
Comment by Emperor Palpatine — August 6, 2006 @ 11:35 pm
Whatever…
August 6th, 2006 at 11:36 pmLet’s hope that more republicans see what is happening to Lieberman and realize that supporting this war is against their best interests. Hell they might even start holding these clowns accountable for thier blunders.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:37 pmWouldn’t it be great if we had a government that could be trusted not to screw up?
Chavez is a good guy > any leader who dislikes Bush deserves praise!
August 6th, 2006 at 11:38 pmHow do like our Emperor Pee?
Comment by Zooey — August 6, 2006 @ 11:36 pm
It seems to me he is a little nervous. Pretty uptight. Babbling nonesense…but hey, at least he is not Darien the robot. :)
August 6th, 2006 at 11:39 pmWell the only way Calderon can take power in Mexico is to send the army into the streets to slaughter Obrador supporters, but even some soldiers may refuse to follow Calderon’s orders!
August 6th, 2006 at 11:41 pmHe’s kissing Islamic ass. he said allah willing for that he should be shot!
Comment by Emperor Palpatine — August 6, 2006 @ 11:38 pm
Have you met in real life (not what the media tells you) a Muslim? Or a follower of Islam? Please, give a reasonable response.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:41 pm[…] on CBS’ Face the Nation. Filed: Iraq Occupation, Bush Administration –Matt 8:28 pm | ‘); | ‘); | | […]
August 6th, 2006 at 11:41 pmYes, like zarqawi and the president of Iran Right.
The Iranian Hitler he’s a swell guy.
Comment by Emperor Palpatine — August 6, 2006 @ 11:39 pm
Or Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, the Talibans, King Fahd…those were good guys once. At least for you, I guess.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:43 pmHave you met in real life (not what the media tells you) a Muslim? Or a follower of Islam? Please, give a reasonable response.
Comment by Juan C
He must have, Juan. That’s how he got the back of his underwear pulled up over his head in middle school.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:44 pmYes, I stabbed one in High School. and loved every minute of it!
Comment by Emperor Palpatine — August 6, 2006 @ 11:43 pm
I said a reasonable response. Go and jerk off with your GI joes elsewhere.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:45 pmHe must have, Juan. That’s how he got the back of his underwear pulled up over his head in middle school.
Comment by Zooey — August 6, 2006 @ 11:44 pm
Ha ha ha. Oh, that reminds me I was not very popular (which seems to be a very important issue in the US) in high school. I was always defending communism. Everybody hated me, except my Ethics teacher. She was such a doll.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:48 pmPalpatine > Calderon does not care about Mexicans being shot on the border, since he plans on sending the army into the streets to slaughter Obrador supporters!
August 6th, 2006 at 11:49 pm#96 - Here are your links about Mexicans getting shot at the border Pee Brain:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/ news/ mexico/ tijuana/ 20050726-9999-1m26border.html
http://www.signonsandiego.com/ news/ mexico/ tijuana/ 20060104-0936-mexico-us-immigration.html
http://www.issues-views.com/ index.php/ sect/ 2006/ article/ 2083
August 6th, 2006 at 11:49 pmAs a fellow Latin I haven’t insultaed you, don’t insult me.
Comment by Emperor Palpatine — August 6, 2006 @ 11:49 pm
YOu just made a comment about killing a guy. I have nothing to say to you. Live with that. I will not unite myself with any kind of violence sponsors.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:51 pmEverybody hated me, except my Ethics teacher. She was such a doll.
Comment by Juan C
You weren’t popular in school? Me neither. We’re late bloomers! :)
August 6th, 2006 at 11:52 pmNope Palpatine what Calderon might do concerns us all, because a civil war or revolution in Mexico could spill across our southern border!
August 6th, 2006 at 11:52 pmZoo…just got back from the Gingrich thread…huge!
August 6th, 2006 at 11:53 pmZoo…just got back from the Gingrich thread…huge!
Comment by Juan C
Isn’t it disgusting?
August 6th, 2006 at 11:54 pmForgive Emporer Palpatine. His statements are so full of shit it’s just unreal. He’s nothing more than an ignorant sheeple trying to pretend that he is hot stuff. The force is definitely not with him today.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:54 pm“Go after Muslims”? You’d shit in your mess kit if confronted with a fire fight. Where do all of you Sgt. Yorks come from and why aren’t you killin them mean ol Muslims for Jesus now? Biggest bunch of little girls i’ve ever witnessed… keep it up and maybe you can live through eternity as a serial killer. Remember now…Killin is killin. Pathetic. Dear God, how many of you are out there. It’s like a George Romero B movie. Is there anyone out there that doesn’t look like you that you do not hate?
August 6th, 2006 at 11:55 pmWell Palpatine it’s my business, because I support Obrador, so if you are for Calderon, then you betray your own people!
August 6th, 2006 at 11:56 pmYou weren’t popular in school? Me neither. We’re late bloomers! :)
Comment by Zooey — August 6, 2006 @ 11:52 pm
Ha ha ha. Anyway, recently there was a high school reunion, like 10/15 years later. It was pretty good. Really cool guys. Guess we were all too busy thinking what would make me look cool in those days.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:56 pmI was defending the honor of my race.
Comment by Emperor Palpatine — August 6, 2006 @ 11:54 pm
The honor of our race is defended with education, altruism and open criticism against ourselves. NOT with violence.
August 6th, 2006 at 11:58 pm#118 Yes, you are truly honorable. I bet you did it from behind, too.
August 7th, 2006 at 12:01 amLepanto when the Latins crushed the Islamic fleet in 1571 was our greatest achievement. I have a Replica of of a portrait of the battle and cry to know my ancestors defeated Islam!
Comment by Emperor Palpatine — August 7, 2006 @ 12:02 am
If you think a military victory is our greatest achievement you are discrediting everything we have built. I am half-native, half european as almost everybody in latinamerica. WE have the great city of Cuzco built by the great Inca empire, Teotihuacan, Tenochtitlan, PotosÃ, the Amazonas, Uxmal, Palenque, Caracas…etc. Those are great achievements mabe by engineers, poets, politicians, traders, etc. NOT violence. That is really shameful of you.
August 7th, 2006 at 12:08 amhey what Latin country you’re from. I’m Spaniard/Dominican/Sicilian/Puerto Rican.
So I have Taino blood in me.
Comment by Emperor Palpatine — August 7, 2006 @ 12:16 am
I am a Chilean-Mapuche/Argentinian-Italian mixture. I have to go.
August 7th, 2006 at 12:50 amMy wish is that your troubled, angry soul find some peace, somewhere.
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August 7th, 2006 at 1:08 am[…] I wrote yesterday that Republican Senator Chuck Hagel (Nebraska, up for re-election this year) called for withdrawal from Iraq. ThinkProgress now has the video of him up on CBS’ Face the Nation. […]
August 7th, 2006 at 1:34 amBob Herbert seems to be taking snark lessons from Mo Do and lambastes Hillary and the Bush administration over the Iraq war in “The Iraq War Enablers.†Meanwhile, below Herbert, Paul Krugman gets back on his more familiar economic beat with “Intimations of Recession.â€
August 7th, 2006 at 7:20 amBoth Hillary and Hagel are taking the inside the beltway approach and setting up the exit of Rumsfeld. The Boy Emperor will be left unscathed.
August 7th, 2006 at 8:37 amBush gives God a bad name.
August 7th, 2006 at 8:51 amHagel is talking a lot these days, but I haven’t seen him do anything. He is running for reelection isn’t he? This may be nothing more than campaign talk, realizing the public disenchantment with Bush.
August 7th, 2006 at 8:55 amIn the end, he votes Republican - so regardless that he says Bush’s war is a loser, when it comes time to vote in the Senate for anything - he votes Republican party line.
There is simply no reason to believe a Republican’s word.
Marie
August 7th, 2006 at 9:03 amThe way they’re going to spin this whole thing is that it’s not “Bush’s war”. It’s Rumsfeld’s. Shameless.
Things You Should Know About This Morning…
(Besides Bob Ney) -Is Connecticut a stand-in for the whole country? -In addition to funding the Green Party in Pennsylvania, Republicans are now providing them staff. -I’m actually excited to see what Josh does with Wonkette this week. I may……
August 7th, 2006 at 10:02 amChuck - welcome to the Reality Based Community!
August 7th, 2006 at 10:47 amChuck knows what he’s doing.
According to wikipediea:
“in 2002, Hagel overwhelmingly won re-election with over 83% of the vote, the largest margin of victory in any statewide race in Nebraska history.”
August 7th, 2006 at 12:38 pm#143 Purvis: wrong! The Reichwing will label as Clintons’ war.
August 7th, 2006 at 7:15 pmIt’s obvious that Senator Hagel just hates America and hates freedom.
I now hate Senator Hagel and all christian people should too, as it is their duty.
- Rev Neill
August 7th, 2006 at 8:48 pmHey Rev, where does Jesus use the words “you should hate your Brother” because if Jesus didn’t endorse it then its not Christian! I lived for the past three years in Nebraska as a Democrat, yet I had a lot more respect for Senator Hagel than his Democratic counter-part, the spineless Ben Nelson. Stick with yor convections Senator!!!
August 8th, 2006 at 3:51 pm[…] 2008 contender Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska): U.S. soldiers in Iraq face a “hopeless, winless situation.†[…]
November 3rd, 2006 at 12:51 pm[…] Described the situation as “a hopeless, winless situation.” [Think Progress, 8/6/06] […]
January 12th, 2007 at 12:50 am