On December 3, 2003, John Kerry said that a premature U.S. withdrawal from Iraq would be “tantamount to a cut-and-run strategy” and that a “sudden embrace of accelerated Iraqification and American troop withdrawal without adequate stability” would be “an invitation to failure.” He contended that it would be “a disaster and a disgraceful betrayal of principle” to accelerate the transfer of authority to Iraqis so as to allow “a politically expedient withdrawal of American troops.”

But this past week, Kerry introduced an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill that would withdraw U.S. combat troops out of Iraq by the end of this year.

So I guess a “disgraceful betrayal of principle” through a “cut-and-run strategy” that invites failure is okay as long as it’s done by a Democrat.

1. You mean Kerry was “for” staying, before he wasn’t? Isn’t that his normal posturing? I don’t recall Kerry stepping foot in Iraq, so how did he make such an asstute (yeah, I spelled it that way on purpose, you know, kinda like ass toot) decision that they would be ready for us to withdraw by Dec? The intelligence of that man is absolutely ____…

   Comment by Old Soldier — 2:48 pm
   

2. I heard on the Sean Hannity show Friday that the New York Post (I think that was the paper) told Kerry to SHUT UP. Oh if this were only doable. What an idiot and I can’t spell that any other way.

   Comment by judith — 10:27 pm
   

3. The top U.S. commander in Iraq has drafted a plan that projects steep reductions in the U.S. military presence there by the end of 2007.

   The first cuts would come in September, and the number of U.S. combat brigades in Iraq is then projected to fall to five or six from the current level of 14 by the end of next year.

   The number of bases in Iraq would also decline as U.S. forces consolidated, the Times said. By the end of the year, the number of bases would shrink to 57 from the current 69, and by June 2007 there would be 30 bases.

   The plan envisions the first reductions coming in September, ahead of November’s U.S. midterm elections, with two of the 14 combat brigades there being rotated out of Iraq without being replaced.

   Get a grip…the Republicans, including this Republican administration want out of Iraq so bad they can smell it.

   The war was a massive mistake, the Republican administration committed a strategic blunder of breathtaking proportions, and then miscalculated ALL of the effects.

   Iraq is going to be an Shia-dominated Islamic Republic with ties to Iran…they’ve already endorsed Iran’s nuclear program…AND they’ve made noise that the U.S. needs to be out by 2008.

   While all Democrats assail the administration’s incompetence in carrying out the war, the party is deeply divided over what to do about it.

   In other words, there is disunity regarding the polishing procedures for a lump of fecal matter deposited on the carpet by the Republicans.

   Leaving the war in the hands of incompetent chickenhawks is not a good option.

   Comment by Ghost Dansing — 4:40 am
   

4. GD, it’s nice that you have the luxury of quoting classified information. al-Qaeda thanks your sources at the New York Times as well.

   Or we could’ve gone the way of the prior administration and ignored the growing problems that lead to terrorism on our soil. But we saw how well that worked on Septemeber 11, 2001. Only democrats could call a man who served in a branch of the Air Force a “chickenhawk” while still clinging to the idiocy of preferring our troops be led by a man who dodged the draft and loathed the military.

   “While all Democrats assail the administration’s incompetence in carrying out the war, the party is deeply divided over what to do about it.”

   Yeah, I know, what a tough decision. Do we cut or do we run? Decisions, decisions.

   Comment by Texas Rainmaker — 6:20 am
   

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