John Bolton: "The war in Iraq lasted three weeks... We were completely victorious."

[sabra]

http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2008/apr/18/john-bolton-dallas/

Were it anyone else speaking, some of the quotes from Thursday's NCPA lecture series might have been shocking. But with John Bolton at the helm, the occasional uncensored assertion was expected.

Speaking primarily about the various security threats to the United States - Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia, to name a few - his most controversial statements to the 400+ person luncheon were in regard to the Iraq war.

At one point when discussing Americans' perception of the war and what should or should not have been done, the Former Ambassador to the U.N. clarified, "The war in Iraq lasted three weeks... We were completely victorious." The audience seemed confused. He continued playing a game of semantics with the term "war" and the U.S.'s current effort to alleviate terrorism in the region. The largely favorable crowd became fidgety when Bolton made the following statement

"It's not because we didn't have a plan for what happened after Saddam was overthrown. We had too many plans. We had lots of ideas, no one of which prevailed; no one decision was made."

To which one attendee within earshot said, "So, what you're saying is, there was no plan."

It became clear that his definition of various issues in Iraq were counter to those of many supporters in the room.

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[Initech]

1. What the fuck is he smoking and where might I obtain some?

[jensmygov]

3. Bolton

I smell a Worst person in the World.

[rurallib]

2. I agree. We won. Bring the troops home. NOW

[Gman]

4. There are reasons he could not get confirmed, even with a GOP Senate

mainly because Bolton is certified nuts. Even the GOP knows this.

[tanyev]

5. Great, John. You go spend three months there, outside the Green Zone

and without a security detail, and I'll listen to anything you want to say when you get back. If you get back.

[OwnedByFerrets]

6. He is correct....

we won the "war" easily....we have been OCCUPYING a sovereign country every since.

[frogcycle]

12. yep

Mission Accomplished, May 1, 2003.


Invasion was March 20, so by Bolton's reckoning bush was three weeks late in making the declaration, but close enough.

As I recall there were 127 KIA in Iraq as of that date.

[BunkerHill24]

7. John Bolton is STUPID.....n/t

[Maccagirl]

8. Was he speaking to parents, spouses or children

of anyone (American or Iraqi) who has lost their lives since the "victory"? Bastard.

[frogcycle]

14. you mean those 3909 killed by 'criminals'

while peaceably roaming the streets in our newfound ally's vacation paradise?

[annabanana]

9. Who is the "NCPA", and why would they want to listen?. . . . . . . n/t

[sabra]

10. based on the report - it appears they weren't really buying his bs...

[ljm2002]

11. Well in a semantic sense I suppose it's true...

...we did "win" the "war" (invasion) handily.

It is for situations such as what we now have in Iraq, that the term "pyrrhic victory" was coined.

[uppityperson]

13. And the Occupation goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and

[Birthmark]

15. What's the problem?

He's right. We won the war. We have badly botched the occupation. The occupation is being called a "war" by the WH in an effort to buy Bush some leeway as a "war" President. So far, people have fallen for it, too.

[bdamomma]

16. completely dislusional these neocons all need to locked up.

how sick. Rewriting history in their own sick image. This slime need to go back under their rocks.

[DavidDvorkin]

17. Therefore, Germany won World War Two

[Johonny]

20. Yip

Bolton would like to apologize to the Queen of England and will start sending his taxes to the British immediately.

[shraby]

18. Doesn't that sort of negate Bush's claim to

"war powers"?

[liberal N proud]

19. Then what the fuck have we been doing there for the last 5 years?

[Javaman]

21. bolton is preoccupied with as to why his still isn't master of the universe. nt