John Edwards seeks help from Iran, Syria in stabilizing Iraq

IHT ^ | 7/14/07 | IHT

[freedom44]

MAQUOKETA, Iowa: The United States needs help from Syria and Iran in stabilizing Iraq, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Saturday.

He also called the Iraqi prime minister a weak leader.

Edwards again said that if he were president today, he would immediately reduce the number of U.S. troops in Iraq by about 50,000.

"The Iraqis are going to have to take responsibility, and they haven't," he told people at a campaign stop in Iowa.

The former senator told reporters that the U.S. "should be making our own evaluation about the circumstances in Iraq" and that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has not proved effective in stopping violence.

[Grizzled Bear]

What a FREAKIN IDIOT!!!

[SolidWood]

He also called the Iraqi prime minister a weak leader.

Breck girl doesn't like weak man. Breck girl want's rugged, hairy strongmen like the dictators of Iran and Syria.

[SoldierDad]

You said it. Reduce the troop numbers by 50,000, and we’ll have an even higher body count to contend with. The enemy, according to my son and others in the theatre, are on the run right now. Remove the troops from the battle field and the enemy will return.

[Fitzcarraldo]

If he starts wearing a rag on his head, we won’t get to see that expensive haircut anymore.

[Mr. Mojo]

The United States needs help from Syria and Iran in stabilizing Iraq,

That's like saying the U.S. needed help from Nazi Germany in stabilizing Europe.

[AZLiberty]

In 1940, John Edwards would have sought help from Germany and the Soviet Union in stabilizing Poland.

[NonValueAdded]

“Kids, will you help me guard this candy store while I go somewhere else?”

[Aria]

This is what passes as a Democrate presidential candidate frontrunner these days.

How sickening.

[television is just wrong]

LOL, who put that brain fart in charge

[Arkinsaw]

This is some scary stuff. A guy with something of a chance to become President of the United States wants to get two of the three leaders in the world that hate the United States the most to HELP us. That makes no damn sense at all.

He somehow expects the two leaders that hate us most to somehow want to help us in Iraq? Oh man.

[pax_et_bonum]

This is some scary stuff. A guy with something of a chance to become President of the United States wants to get two of the three leaders in the world that hate the United States the most to HELP us. That makes no damn sense at all.

It makes perfect sense because Edwards wants us to lose.

[Dr. Frank fan]

Brilliant strategist. Continuing along this novel line of thought, I think in WW2 we should have sought help from Nazi Germany in combatting Japan.

[asparagus]

A cruise missile a day keeps Tehran away.

[skimask]

If FDR would have gotten Tojo and Hitler to sit down with him, hug each other, and sing Kumbya, that nasty war the Churchill started by taunting Hitler would have never happened.

[Cate]

Where is John Edwards mother? She needs to call him and tell him to hush up. I may not be a political ‘expert’ but this sounds like suicide for our troops and country.

[dasboot]

Not as scarey as the people absorbing his message and screaming, “YEAH!”

[Cementjungle]

The United States needs help from Syria and Iran in stabilizing Iraq

But I thought Nancy Pelosi allready took care of that with her visit to Syria.

[txhurl]

‘First thing, let’s kill all the lawyers.’

[Clam Digger]

Lemme fix this

John Edwards seeks help from Iran, Syria in stabilizing Iraqcampaign.