John Kerry has spoken. What he said, though, is no surprise. The Senator called upon the President to withdraw troops from Iraq, saying that the presence of 159,000 troops is hindering peace efforts. Now, let me get this straight - the presence of the troops is hindering peace efforts? I suppose DC would experience a drop in crime if the police officers left. Why doesn't Senator Kerry (or any other anti-war protestor) call for that?
The way forward in Iraq is not to pull out precipitously or merely promise to stay “as long as it takes.” To undermine the insurgency, we must instead simultaneously pursue both a political settlement and the withdrawal of American combat forces linked to specific, responsible benchmarks. At the first benchmark, the completion of the December elections, we can start the process of reducing our forces by withdrawing 20,000 troops over the course of the holidays.
To undermind the insurgency, you want us to withdraw troops, Senator Kerry? How will that undermine them? The only group it will undermine is the Iraqi Security Forces.
Anway, his speech contains more "misleading" statements than I want to discuss here. For a full copy, see here.
We will eventually withdraw from Iraq. But keep this in mind - we are still in Germany...60 years after the fall of the Third Reich. So don't expect us to pull every single soldier out of Iraq in the next few years. But don't expect us to leave the Iraqis hanging, either.
The way forward in Iraq is not to pull out precipitously or merely promise to stay “as long as it takes.” To undermine the insurgency, we must instead simultaneously pursue both a political settlement and the withdrawal of American combat forces linked to specific, responsible benchmarks. At the first benchmark, the completion of the December elections, we can start the process of reducing our forces by withdrawing 20,000 troops over the course of the holidays.
To undermind the insurgency, you want us to withdraw troops, Senator Kerry? How will that undermine them? The only group it will undermine is the Iraqi Security Forces.
Anway, his speech contains more "misleading" statements than I want to discuss here. For a full copy, see here.
We will eventually withdraw from Iraq. But keep this in mind - we are still in Germany...60 years after the fall of the Third Reich. So don't expect us to pull every single soldier out of Iraq in the next few years. But don't expect us to leave the Iraqis hanging, either.
posted by Alexander Blair at 3:01 PM
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