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Most 2008 Contenders Noncommittal on Iraq Pullout

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Posted on Jun 26, 2006
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Potential White House suitors Chris Dodd, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Evan Bayh all refused to join Sens. Kerry and Feingold in demanding a timetable for pullout of allied troops from Iraq.
Sens. McCain and Brownback, however, want the troops to stay as long as necessary.


AP:

Republican senators weighing a 2008 presidential bid united behind President Bush’s Iraq policy, while potential Democratic candidates favored troop withdrawals but split over a deadline for ending the U.S. military’s combat presence.

“We cannot pull out and hope for the best,” said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., calling redeployments now “a significant step on the road to disaster.”

Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., likewise dismissed a timetable: “We have to see this through to a successful conclusion.”

However, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said: “We must no longer remain in an open-ended commitment.”

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By faith, June 27, 2006 at 6:37 pm #
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Mr. Anklam is right on point.  Both political parties are truly disappointing.  I intend to vote only for the candidate who stands up and states he/she is against this outrageous occupation in Iraq and will propose immediate withdrawal of all troops.
It is astonishing that Americans have not risen in unison to protest the spending of billions of U.S. dollars to build permanent military bases in Iraq.  We have homeless, poor and hungry in this nation.  America has lost its moral compass.  That includes our Congress and WH administration. 
Anyone who has viewed the site, “Peace Takes Courage”, (presented by fifteen year old Ava Landry) will be heartsick at the visual imagery of children, human beings of all ages, ethnicity and race blown to bits because our leaders either support this obscene war, or lack the temerity to stand up as has John Murtha in protest of this blood bath.  Yes, “Gutless” almost sums it up.  But, greed is an important component in the equation.

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By Larry Anklam, June 26, 2006 at 4:44 pm #
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“GUTLESS== is the word to describe both democrats and republicans. If 80% of the people of Iraq do not want us there and 20% or less do—the insurgents are killing those 20% plus Americans who are occupying THEIR country. It doesn’t get any simpler!!

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