Kerry to introduce Iraq withdrawal plan

UPI ^ | June 12, 2006

[West Coast Conservative]

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., will this week introduce legislation to pull the majority of U.S. troops out of Iraq by the end of 2006, his office announced.

Kerry will offer an amendment to the 2007 defense authorization bill.

The recent trend in Iraq has been to increase rather than decrease American troops. Earlier this month the U.S. military announced that 3,500 troops -- two battalions of a brigade that was being held in Kuwait as a back up force -- had been deployed to Anbar province, the heart of the insurgency. Those battalions joined another that had already been called forward to Baghdad.

Kerry's amendment would hinge on establishing a schedule with the Iraqi government.

"This will legitimize the new Iraqi government, enable the Iraqis to become more self-reliant, and undermine support for the insurgency," the announcement from his office said.

Under Kerry's plan, not all U.S. troops would leave Iraq. Those "essential to completing the mission of standing up Iraqi security forces would remain," the announcement said.

The United States would maintain presence in the region "to prosecute the war on terror and protect regional security interests."

Finally, his amendment will call on President George W. Bush to convene a summit including the new Iraqi government, leaders of the governments of each country bordering Iraq, representatives of the Arab League, the secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, representatives of the European Union, and leaders of the governments of each permanent member of the United Nations Security Council to reach reach an agreement on Iraq's fundamental political challenges -- whether and how the country will be federalized along geographic lines, how oil revenues are to be divided, what to do about sectarian militias, security guarantees, reconstruction, economic assistance and border security, Kerry's office said.

[Yo-Yo]

“We urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S.Constitution and Laws, to take necessary actions, (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq’s refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs.”
Letter to President Clinton, signed by Sens. Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others Oct. 9, 1998

“I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force– if necessary– to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security.”
Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002

“Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation … And now he is miscalculating America’s response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction… So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real …”
Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan.23.2003

[Veeram]

Kerry's plan - "A Timetable for surrender"

What a cowardly weasel

[Mo1]

I can't get to the NYT article that mentions it because you need a subcription .. but here are 2 links that make reference to it

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bgoodsel/post911/2006/04/kerry-finally-calls-for-withdrawal.htm


http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/12

snip...

Iraqi politicians should be told that they have until May 15 to put together an effective unity government or we will immediately withdraw our military. If Iraqis aren't willing to build a unity government in the five months since the election, they're probably not willing to build one at all. The civil war will only get worse, and we will have no choice anyway but to leave.

[Brilliant]

I guess this means he's changed his mind and no longer feels that we need more troops?

[steveyp]

ow. very nice, though.

[Quix]

Kerry's withdrawal plan.
- - - -

I think we should call it the SKERRYITUS INTERRUPTUS plan.

I wonder if that's why SugarMamma has him on a short leash? Below par performance?

[Paulus Invictus]

Will the Loony Kerry hurry off now to Iraq just as the traitor did when he went to deal with the Vietnamese Commies in Paris? He can help them condemn the US and make plans with the terrorists and violent Sunnis to make sure that their every demand is met,

[Quix]

Someone, please, tell this asshole that he LOST the election in 2004.

Summer's coming on rather warmly . . . there must be someone around who'll have a couple of very large zucchini's that would fit very snugly in both ends.

We could put a tag on one zucchini--

"WORST TRAITOR--OTHER THAN BILLDO AND SHRILLERY."

and a tag on the other end:

"WORST EGOMANIACAL IDIOT--EXCEPT FOR SHRILLERY"

Then get a SugarMama look-alike to parade him around DC clad in only zucchini, "small" sized jock strap obviously way too large . . . on a leather leash.

I think I'd better go to pottery. The sun must be getting to me from gardening.

[EagleUSA]

Yes, we have begun selling the Kerry Iraq withdrawl kit for our military. It contains:

(1) Large white flag.
(2) A copy of the Koran.
(3) A "I Surrendered in Iraq and Survived" T-Shirt.
(4) A wall photo of Osama Bin Laden
(5) A personalized prayer rug for their return home.

Kerry will be there to personally greet all the troops when they arrive home -- a real treat for the troops by a REAL WAR HERO!!!! (/sarcasm)

[Quix]

I'd have thought that even the DIMRATS would have been too embarrassed to have left him in the Senate as well as too embarrassed to mention his name ever again in public.

Clearly, evil is also in the eye of the beholder and them so outrageously afflicted see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil--they just chronically are and do evil.

[chrismich2610]

how do you get 3 purple hearts without spending a night in the hospital,break a bone,or be shot at by enemy fire,what a lucky swift boat operator!

[Quix]

I wonder, couldn't the military petition the Senate for a novel experimental program . . .

embedded Senatorial IED detectors?

[Frwy]

"Look at ME, look at ME, look at MEEEEEEE!"

"Look at ME, look at ME, look at MEEEEEEE!, I'm running."

Major Barf, Hurl, Puke, Up-chuck, Blaaaa!

[Frwy]

Perfect!

[Cobra64]

Don't you dare... IDIOT!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Is there a Darwin Award equivalent for the most boring person on the planet?

[shalom aleichem]

I'm reluctant to toss out this old "scoring" point chestnut, but you started it: Kerry's Dad tried to withdraw. That's why the best part(s) of Kerry ran down his Mother's thigh.

[Cobra64]

I'm outta here!

[Gaffer]

Collateral damage is what I'd have called it....

[Cobra64]

Those "essential to completing the mission of standing up Iraqi security forces would remain," the announcement said."

This, coming from a traitor?