Posted on 06/20/2006 5:29:11 AM PDT by don-o
Pushes 2007 deadline in proposal to remove US soldiers from Iraq
WASHINGTON -- Senator John F. Kerry is pushing back by six months the deadline he wants to set for removing combat troops from Iraq, as he seeks to build support in the Senate for his plan for troop withdrawal.
The proposal to be offered by Kerry today would require President Bush to remove nearly all US troops from Iraq by July 1, 2007. The Massachusetts Democrat's initial plan -- to remove troops by the end of 2006 -- received just six votes in the Senate last week, and the later date is intended to build support for the proposal, said April Boyd, a Kerry spokeswoman.
``Every vote for a deadline withdrawal is Congress saying to President Bush that we will not accept war without an end policy in Iraq," Boyd said.
Yet the concept of any deadline for troop withdrawal remains controversial among Democrats. Prominent Democratic senators, including Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York , have rejected the idea of setting a time frame for bringing home troops.
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He voted for immediate withdrawel before he voted against it.
The policy of setting a date is flawed, so THAT he sticks with.
Can't they grasp the fact they have no power? They voted, its a non-issue! Move on....
Some of us like to call the Republicans the "Stupid Party." With stuff like this going on, I may have to retire that.
did he check with France first?
It's a campaign platform.
Republicans should grab this version of his bill and put it up for a vote like they did last week. Then everytime someone drafts a bill like it, they do the same until the troop deadline for withdrawl is 2020.
He set a date before he set the date.
Well, at least Kerry is being consistent.....
"did he check with France first?"
Did he check with his butt-boy Wade first?
[Some of us like to call the Republicans the "Stupid Party."]
I don't get it. Which of us "like to call the Republicans the 'Stupid Pary'"?
Did I miss a meeting or something??..where in the constitution does it state that Congress is the Commander in Chief???..I know Congress can cut off funding..but they do not run the military..or did I miss something???
In the alternate reality world of John Kerry it is not a flip or a flop. This is a Kerry Executive Order.
He really defies parody. I heard him on Imus this morning. Smug, smamry, self righteous, and scary naive. To think how close we came to having him as POTUS gives me the willies.
It's beyond me how the people of Mass. keep sending this loser back to Washington(both of them), it doesn't shed them in a very good light.
I heard Kerry on Imus this morning. His proposal does everything for everybody. The proposed legislation allows the US to keep troops there if needed (special forces). He does not expect the legislation to go anywhere, but he wants us to know that he has a better way. And that everything bad that has happened so far is Bush's fault. He had no comments on everything that has happened that is good, though.
If I weren't so busy trying not to barf I would have turned him off.
First he should advance the date when he'll pull his head out of his a&&.
Well, I do. I picked it up from some journalist. (O'Rourke?) It speaks to the fact that the Party often seems to act against its own self interest.
Was Imus wearing that stupid-assed cowboy hat?
I dont know which would have made me barf first, Imus or Kerry. Both create nausea.
This man is such a loser.
I hope he gets the nomination again..but right now Ild have to put my money on Gore...Gore is goign to be teh Howard Dean of the next presidential Bid.
Actually...now that I think about it...I cant imagine which one I would love to see run more.
They are both kooks and losers.
That's nice.
Cindy Sheehan wants to accelerate the deadline for removing combat troops.
Both of their voices carry about the same authority on the subject.
Next question?
What was it JFK said about accepting any burden, paying any price...
Flip
Flop
Flap.....what's next!!
You are correct. Both remind me of little yapping dogs (Pekinese?) nipping at your ankles.
Flop
Flap.....what's next!!
Flep..Flup..and sometimes Flyp..there..I am out of vowels..
Mr. Beach Sandals needs to address Korea, Japan, Germany, Italy, and a few other places first.
That's an age old axiom. So "us" is general terminology.
The scary thing is:
This guy could have been President.
The scarier thing is:
A whole bunch of people wanted him to be President.
If it wasn't for Democrats, Republicans would be in big trouble.
We subscribe to ZERO tv service, so I listen on the Internet to Imus sometimes for entertainment, except when he has liberal scum as guests and I have to turn it off and take a shower.
You are dead on accurate, same as my observations, I got to see this juvenile fraud up close for 15 years while he was my Senator
http://liveshot.cc/billions_and_billions.htm
What would Harry S. Truman have said to a Republican Senator demanding that a dealine be set for removing U.S. combat troops from Korea?
They don't have the balls to cut funding, so they just keep screwing with the President. Their whole effort is to regain power and I don't think that we will fall for it. This clown thinks he is smarter than all of us so he keeps the BS coming.
Think about it. The DNC would give us a Gore, a Kerry, or a Hitlery. God forbid! Any of them should give us all the absolute willies.
Brain dead liberal scum. What's the difference between having no firm date and one that keeps changing?
Listening to Old Time Radio. Used the expression, "He was arrested and charged with Molesting Tranquility. An interesting description of Kerry and Dean!
Dear Senator Kerry,
Nobody gives a flying rip what you think. About anything.
Sincerely,
prairiebreeze
I believe the Pentagon's plan has been to start a troop draw down by the end of this year.
not Jean Francois Kerry's
Does Kerry not know that he lost the Presidential election in November 2004? I guess it is - conveniently - not seared...seared into his memory.
Does Kerry not realize that he has no say in the deployment or redeployment of troops, or current and future troop strength on the ground whatsoever?
Hey, Frenchie! You weren't elected in '04. You're delusional.
When Bush gets the vast majority of US troops out of Iraq before the 2008 elections, Kerry will complain that he acted precipitously. That Bush abandoned the brave Iraqi people.
lol That one will be a 'flup.'
Pinz
Maybe is a flitter. This guy is anything but steady.
bump. Love your screenie and thanks for your sons' service!
ROFLMAO! Once again John "Vichy" Kerry demonstrates why he must never be President of the USA. It gives me hope for our country and the world that he is not already president, but on the other hand nearly 50 million or so of our voters actually wanted him to be president, which is terrifying indeed.
Soon he will have been "for withdrawal before he was against it" and "for the terrorists before he was against them." Poor deluded sap, he really just can't make up his mind......
What about when they eleminate the electorial college and we just have the popular vote? That will leave elections wide open to nut cases like Gore, right?
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