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.

[Cobra64]

I'm John Kerry.

And this is my new logo:

[JillValentine]

Kerry imitating Woody Allen when he dresses as a sperm.

On a side note, shouldn't half of those sperm have been female? (X chromosome sperm vs. Y chromosome sperm)

[petercooper]

great tagline.

Dump Murtha! Click the logo and donate to Diana Irey for Congress!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Yes, indeed- John Kerry thinks it's 1971 all over again. Yesterday, on "Face the Nation"
John Kerry once again slams American troops- Check it out-

"And there is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the-of-the historical customs, religious customs."

Here is the transcript for "Face the Nation"-

http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/face_120405.pdf

You will find this statement at the bottom of page 4 and the top of page 5.



"When former Attorney General Ramsey Clark isn’t defending Saddam Hussein, or giving speeches for the crypto-Stalinist International ANSWER, he’s acting as counsel for the Palestine Liberation Organization, trying to prevent families of murdered Jews from collecting on judgments against the PLO."
Little Green Footballs ^ | November 28, 2005 | Charles Johnson

From Kerry's "The New Soldier":

Al Hubbard Sgt., 22 Troop Carrier Squadron Aug. ’65-June ’66
Emotions: Walking down the flight line at Saigon past stacks of aluminum cases containing American bodies and past stacks of aluminum luggage containing American currency. Seeing the tight, sad face of an Airman loading the bodies aboard a dirty Air Force Transport and the wide smiling face of a stewardess greeting the passengers aboard a clean Pan American Clipper Jet. Hearing a Vietnamese beg you to leave his country and an American colonel tells you to bomb his country. Hearing a Vietnamese invite you to live in his home, after the war and an American explain why you can’t live in his block, after the war. Flying over barren, brown, safe American held terrain and over lush, green unsafe enemy terrain. Feeling happy to be leaving a country in which you do not belong and sad to be returning to a country in which you are not allowed to belong. Sacrificing a portion of your consciousness so you won’t have to deal with being there and building mental blocks so you won’t have to deal with having been there.

- Al Hubbard, proven fraud who never set foot in Viet Nam. The only Vietnamese he ever met was when he was collaborating with the North Vietnamese in Paris on the American Communist Party's nickel.

John Kerry's explanation: "He (Hubbard) simply exaggarated his particular position.
But nobody knew it at the time.
And those things happen."

Free online version of
hanoi kerry's playbook "The New Soldier"
You can read it online right now.

[ChadGore]

Kerry = Capitulating Isolationist.

[ChadGore]

"Don't you know who I am?"

[Jeff Head]

The enemy among us.

[zeaal]

So where was this plan in 2004?

[oldbrowser]

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.

Since he couldn't get elected president, he wants to run the government from the senate floor.

[Allegra]

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.

They've been so afraid to inform him that he was quite decidedly not elected in 2004, haven't they?

Bite me, Kerry. There's no way a majority of the troops are coming out of Iraq by the end of this year.

[radiohead]

In April, 1971, my late husband was still fighting in VN while this bastard was slandering him and his fellow soldiers. Burn in hell, John Kerry.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[F-117A]

Who cares what the French Republican has to say!!!

[Lady Jag]

[sagar]

ROTFLMAO

[Christian4Bush]

Someone needs to clue Kerry in to these facts: (1) He lost the election, ergo (2) he is not Commander-in-Chief, and (3) Kerry is sworn to protect and defend the Constitution, which gives the Commander-in-Chief role solely to the President of the United States, not to the United States Senate.

Not just Kerry (isn't CiC)...Dean, Murtha, Kennedy, Schumer, Boxer, Pelosi, the uh Rev'run uh Thacksuuuunnnnn, Bubba and Mrs. Bubba, Leahy, Dingy Harry, Russ Foolsgold, McVain, VP Graham, Lincoln Chafing, "Bagel" (Biden/Hagel), "Cryptkeeper" Colmes, Eva Couric, Matt Lower, Jabba the Russert, (don't know)Jack Cafferty...

[bray]

How can we invade Iran if we pull the troops out??

Pray for W and Our Troops

[Christian4Bush]

“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

Someone should ask Mr. Heinz, "WHO was President then?" I know it says it in the quote, but since everything that has ever happened in the world has been blamed on George W. Bush, let's just ask honest Liberals (I know it sounds like a contradiction of terms) who was in the WH in 1998, and did one of BJ's frequent BJ's cost us a chance to get OBL back then?

[stephenjohnbanker]

R O T F L M A O

[Cailleach]

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