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Democrat Ted Kennedy calls for withdrawal of US troops from Iraq (Interview)
ABC.au ^ | Friday, 28 January , 2005 17:30:00 | John Shovelan

Posted on 01/28/2005 9:28:00 AM PST by demlosers

TANYA NOLAN: As President Bush calls for resolve in the face of attempts by insurgents to undermine the elections, a US Senator is calling for American troops to be withdrawn from Iraq. The liberal Democrat Ted Kennedy says the US military is now part of the problem.

But, as Washington correspondent John Shovelan reports, even members of Senator Kennedy's own party don't agree.

JOHN SHOVELAN: Ted Kennedy calls the war in Iraq President Bush's Vietnam.

TED KENNEDY: This is Vietnam again.

JOHN SHOVELAN: And just a few days before the Iraqi elections, Senator Kennedy urged the administration for a specific commitment to withdraw all US troops over the next year, beginning with an immediate withdrawal of 12,000 and completing it by early 2006.

Senator Kennedy says the war in Iraq has become a war against the US.

TED KENNEDY: We must learn from our mistakes. We must recognise what a large and growing number of Iraqis now believe – the war in Iraq has become a war against the American occupation.

JOHN SHOVELAN: Some polls suggest 92 per cent of Iraqis see the US as an occupation force.

Senator Kennedy has previously described the war as a fraud made up in Texas, and said the administration misled the people about the threats leading up to it.

Now he says the US forces and the insurgents are battling for the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people, and the US is losing.

TED KENNEDY: We have reached the point that a prolonged American military presence in Iraq is no longer productive for either Iraq or the United States. The US military presence has become part of the problem, not part of the solution.

We need a serious course correction. And we need it now. We must make it for the American soldiers who are paying with their lives.

JOHN SHOVELAN: Democrats this week launched a blistering attack on the administration's Iraq policy, and forced a nine-hour debate on the nomination of the President's Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, while the White House has begun implementing an aggressive plan which paints the Iraq election and the US commitment there as vital to its interests.

But it's a communication strategy which is struggling. A Wall Street Journal poll has found 52 per cent of people don't believe the war in Iraq was worth it.

Despite this public slump in support, the Democrat warhorse, Senator Kennedy's view wasn't supported by fellow Democrat Senator Bill Nelson.

BILL NELSON: If we turn tail and pull out, the place would erupt into civil war, there would be all kind of chaos. Terrorism loves a vacuum, the terrorists would fill it.

JOHN SHOVELAN: The White House has refused to discuss a time line for troop withdrawal, saying the goal first is to ensure Iraqis are capable of maintaining their own security.

John Shovelan, Washington.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: blamemaryjo; frontallobotomy; kennedy; leakyoldsmobile; maryjowaspregnant; tedkennedy
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To: demlosers

On the heals of the death of 31 Marines, disgusting.


21 posted on 01/28/2005 9:45:22 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: demlosers

Father:Nazi sympathizer

Terrorist sympathizer....

Like father, like son...
22 posted on 01/28/2005 9:45:28 AM PST by TheForceOfOne (Social Security – I thought pyramid schemes were illegal!)
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To: TheForceOfOne

Rush is railing against Kennedy and his remarks right now.


23 posted on 01/28/2005 9:46:56 AM PST by MomwithHope
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To: MomwithHope

That's why I posted, I wouldn't miss Rush for anything.


24 posted on 01/28/2005 9:47:39 AM PST by TheForceOfOne (Social Security – I thought pyramid schemes were illegal!)
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To: demlosers

If he can explain why Mary Jo was not withdrawn from the water then he can get an answer to his question.


25 posted on 01/28/2005 9:49:25 AM PST by cripplecreek (they call me tater.)
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To: Lazamataz

You will be standing in a long line. I will be there too. LOL


26 posted on 01/28/2005 9:51:18 AM PST by sgtbono2002
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To: demlosers
I call for the withdrawal of all Irish whiskey from Senator Kennedy. The draw down should begin with an immediate reduction of one pint per day. And it should continue on a steady schedule until the Senator is clean, sober, thin, and stark, raving mad (even more so than he is in his present sodden state.

Think of the Hindenberg burning and crashing in the well of the US Senate. "Oh, the humanity!" Or think of Marlon Brando as the human zipcode, dressed in slimming black, rubbing his bald head, "The horror, the horror!"

Congressman Billybob

Click for latest, "Social Security, AARP and Coots"

27 posted on 01/28/2005 9:52:02 AM PST by Congressman Billybob (Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.)
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To: sgtbono2002

The longer the wait the fuller the bladder.


28 posted on 01/28/2005 9:52:06 AM PST by TigersEye (Intellectuals only exist if you think they do.)
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To: Lazamataz

...and I'll be right behind you in that line. Seriously.


29 posted on 01/28/2005 9:53:34 AM PST by madison10
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To: hushpad; Lazamataz

His grave isn't worthy of my dog crapping on it...


30 posted on 01/28/2005 9:53:39 AM PST by TSgt (It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.)
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To: demlosers

Kennedy is a traitor, and should be treated as such.


31 posted on 01/28/2005 9:55:54 AM PST by TheDon (The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON)
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To: MikeinIraq

Too bad this *ASTARD usually gets away with it! No one to hold his feet to the fire! sighhhhhhhh...:(


32 posted on 01/28/2005 9:56:06 AM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: demlosers

Years of alcohol have finally taken over Ted's brain.....


33 posted on 01/28/2005 9:57:08 AM PST by smiley
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To: MikeWUSAF

His grave isn't worthy of my dog crapping on it...

Well, we can do it ourselves or walk behind Hillary with a pooper scooper...


34 posted on 01/28/2005 9:57:36 AM PST by hushpad (If you're going to carry brass balls, at least have the sense keep them polished.)
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To: 7.62 x 51mm

Why does he have to be mentally ill to be a traitor?


35 posted on 01/28/2005 9:57:36 AM PST by TheDon (The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON)
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To: RoseofTexas

I honestly think they keep ol Teddy boy around for comic relief....

you know the best way to get to a Liberal is just to laugh at him. they want debates because they think they can yell louder and to them, yelling louder = winning the argument.

I just laugh. Laughing wins all arguments with liberals because it drives them crazy....


36 posted on 01/28/2005 9:57:39 AM PST by MikefromOhio (An isolationist America will not ensure our safety.)
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To: TheForceOfOne

"Like father, like son..."

Oh, you are so right!


37 posted on 01/28/2005 9:58:02 AM PST by PilloryHillary (Yes, I was JohnFKerrySucks, but it's time to move on. Pillory Hillary!)
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To: YOUGOTIT
A fat drunk incompetent woman killer whose money comes from transporting whiskey for the mafia (his father did that) and from a family who, (when his father was ambassador to the UK after getting rich working for the mafia and giving big bucks to FDRs campaign), supported Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany.

Joe K made a $$Billion by manipulating and then breaking the Stock Market that caused the Great Depression. He and a small group forced the closing of Banks when their stocks were forced down and set off the chain reaction. Joe K caused the Great Depression and TK & Clan live off that disaster.

Pray for W and Our Troops

38 posted on 01/28/2005 9:59:47 AM PST by bray (The Rather-hate Scandal was to support Fraudulant 911)
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To: demlosers

The jerks keep referring to Iraq = Viet Nam. Ummm, have they ever decided to remember who was President when American troops were first sent to Viet Nam? JFK was Prez in 1960. When LBJ took over, there were 15,000 Americans in SE Asia. LBJ escalated to over 500,000. Nixon got us out.


39 posted on 01/28/2005 9:59:59 AM PST by Cobra64 (Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
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To: hushpad

A long line indeed. I just purchased the "spitting" concesion. SF


40 posted on 01/28/2005 10:05:50 AM PST by Hardcorps
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