Blitherer
The boys at the Power Line remind us of what John Kerry said before the Council on Foreign Relations back in December 2003:
I fear that in the run-up to the 2004 election, the administration is considering what is tantamount to a cut-and-run strategy. Their sudden embrace of accelerated Iraqification and American troop withdrawal dates, without adequate stability, is an invitation to failure. The hard work of rebuilding Iraq must not be dictated by the schedule of the next American election.
I have called for the administration to transfer sovereignty, and they must transfer it to the Iraqi people as quickly as circumstances permit. But it would be a disaster and a disgraceful betrayal of principle to speed up the process simply to lay the groundwork for a politically expedient withdrawal of American troops. That could risk the hijacking of Iraq by terrorist groups and former Ba’athists.
See what happens when you have no vision and will say anything to score an inconsequential tactical victory?
It was the American People, by the way —and not fucking Diebold or Kenneth Blackwell or the Knights Templar— who defeated this dumbass in 2004. Remember that next time out and maybe we can keep our republic, you stupid hippies.
