What's was with Kerry's comment about guarding the oil ministry before the nuclear plants?
I wasn't aware that Iraq had any nuclear plants.
If so, that was a serious fabrication on the part of Kerry.
My message to the troops is also: Thank you for what they're doing, but it's also help is on the way. I believe those troops deserve better than what they are getting today.
You know, it's interesting. When I was in a rope line just the other day, coming out here from Wisconsin, a couple of young returnees were in the line, one active duty, one from the Guard. And they both looked at me and said: We need you. You've got to help us over there.
Now I believe there's a better way to do this. You know, the president's father did not go into Iraq, into Baghdad, beyond Basra. And the reason he didn't is, he said -- he wrote in his book -- because there was no viable exit strategy. And he said our troops would be occupiers in a bitterly hostile land.
That's exactly where we find ourselves today. There's a sense of American occupation. The only building that was guarded when the troops when into Baghdad was the oil ministry. We didn't guard the nuclear facilities.
We didn't guard the foreign office, where you might have found information about weapons of mass destruction. We didn't guard the borders.
Almost every step of the way, our troops have been left on these extraordinarily difficult missions. I know what it's like to go out on one of those missions when you don't know what's around the corner.
And I believe our troops need other allies helping. I'm going to hold that summit. I will bring fresh credibility, a new start, and we will get the job done right.
US special forces were specifically tasked to take control of all oil production/capacity areas at the beginning of the war. This was to prevent their destruction and their preservation for reconstruction.
So, don't tell me there wasn't a plan for reconstruction from the very beginning. And Kerry just pointed it out.
Also, why did an oil rich nation like Iraq need nuclear facilities for electrical power? What's wrong with oil burning electrical plants.