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April 11, 2003
Harkin Weighs In
Democratic Senator Tom Harkin has weighed in with his thoughts on Iraq [via Drudge]: Washington, D.C. - The relatively quick fall of Baghdad shows that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was a "paper tiger" rather than a major threat to world peace, Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa said Thursday. "What we were told and what you saw in the press last fall and earlier this year is that he had a massive war machine," said Harkin, the most outspoken critic of the war in Iraq among members of the Iowa congressional delegation. "It looks now like this was just a Third World country - there were people fighting with tennis shoes on, on the Iraqi side," Harkin told reporters. "I don't know what else we're going to find, but they didn't fly even one airplane in the air. They had almost nothing. "So if they were that weak, where we could just roll over them like that, tell me again how he was such a big threat in the past?" the senator added. Amazing. Not too long ago we were told that Iraq was going to be a quagmire, and now we shouldn't celebrate because they weren't really all that tough. Harkin was himself making the comparison between Vietnam and Iraq just last month: "Go visit Vietnam, and then go down to this wall down here on the Mall and remember the misguided adventures of well-meaning politicians of the past."Posted By Steven Kruczek at April 11, 2003 07:27 PM | TrackBack Comments
Harkin, Pelosi, and the rest are going to spin this from every possible angle to avoid giving the administration any credit whatsoever. Posted by: Cranky at April 11, 2003 08:39 PMThe sad thing is that its people like Harkin that get all the attention, and people with legitimate concerns get drowned out in all the extremist shouting. Posted by: Joe D. at April 11, 2003 10:04 PMA poor country with Nuclear weapons is much more dangerous than a rich country with Nuclear weapons. Saddam wants to be a legendary figure, what better way than flattening Washington? when do we act, after he's attacked Israel, or after he owns Kawait and Saudi? Its much better for everyone (except the small threat) to address the threat when it's small, rather than wait for it to grow. People are always using Vietnam as a justification to forget the lessons of WWII. Any idea how safe Harkin's seat is and when he is up for reelection? Posted by: T. Hartin at April 12, 2003 07:53 AMIraq could well become a quagmire; the matter is not finished, as a glance eastward toward the 'liberated' mess of Afghanistan illustrates. Has it not been said that a division of the Iraqi army 'vanished'? Their hidden weapons and aggression remain latent factors of instability. Posted by: Mike at April 16, 2003 12:27 PMPost a comment
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