Kerry's Question

John Kerry claims the politicians in Iraq are using the American presence as an excuse, to avoid taking responsibility for their country, and that we need to set a date for them to assume their responsibility. In the absence of a date, they have an excuse to simply continue to procrastinate as long as they want. Young American soldier are being killed because Iraqi politicians are unwilling to compromise and take responsibility for their own country.

Senator Kerry believes that any soldier, who desires to serve his country by putting on the uniform and doing what the commander-in-chief asks of them is a patriot and that their sacrifice is best honored by giving them the kind of policy that is successful. The current policy in Iraq is putting our military at risk needlessly and helping Iraqi politicians avoid negotiating an end to the sectarian violence.

Our military is the most capable volunteer force in history and we owe them a policy that is achievable. The only way to do that is not through a military solution, but through political diplomacy.

Bush claims that it’s al Qaeda, who is responsible for the violence that's taking place. That is hogwash, because our own military intelligence has stated that al Qaeda makes up only 3% of those doing the killing. Prime Minister Maliki said the reason the violence is taking place is because Iraqi politicians are breeding violence by fighting each other rather than negotiating their differences.

Long ago, Secretary Rumsfeld said we're not going to leave our troops in the middle of a civil war. Condaleeza Rice, Henry Kissinger and our own generals are telling us, that there is no military solution. John Kerry suggests: “We have to ask the question, then what are all the troops doing there?”