A friend of the Worldwide Standard emailed some material Sen. Kerry apparently hasn’t read. Senator Kerry, November 30, 2005:
Secondly, this debate is not about an artificial date for withdrawal. Several times in his speech today, the president set up this straw man and then knocks it down. That’s not what this debate is about… The president today in his speech said, I quote, ‘America will not run in the face of car bombers and assassins so long as I am commander in chief.’ Well, so long as Jack Reed is a United States senator and John Kerry is a senator and the rest of us are senators, none of us, no one, has ever suggested or believes that we should run in the face of car bombers or assassins. That, again, is not what this debate is about. All of us agree. No one is talking about running in the face of a challenge; we’re talking about how to win, how to succeed, how do you best achieve our goals.” Representative John Murtha, November 17, 2005:
Our military has done everything that has been asked of them, the U.S. cannot accomplish anything further in Iraq militarily. IT IS TIME TO BRING THEM HOME.
“The top House Democrat on military spending matters stunned colleagues yesterday by calling for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq…” — “Hawkish Democrat Joins Call for Pullout; GOP Assails Murtha’s Demand to Leave Iraq,” (Washington Post, November 18, 2005) Representative Nancy Pelosi, November 30, 2005:
We should follow the lead of Congressman John Murtha….”
“Pelosi, at a press conference with reporters, said Murtha — her closest confidant on defense matters — has ‘changed the debate’ in the country on the war, has won her support and will win the backing of the ‘majority of House Democrats.’ Murtha, a retired Marine who initially supported the war, announced two weeks ago that he no longer supported the conflict in Iraq and called for a rapid withdrawal of American troops from the region.” (Roll Call, November 30, 2005)
Our military has done everything that has been asked of them, the U.S. cannot accomplish anything further in Iraq militarily. IT IS TIME TO BRING THEM HOME.
“The top House Democrat on military spending matters stunned colleagues yesterday by calling for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq…” — “Hawkish Democrat Joins Call for Pullout; GOP Assails Murtha’s Demand to Leave Iraq,” (Washington Post, November 18, 2005) Representative Nancy Pelosi, November 30, 2005:
We should follow the lead of Congressman John Murtha….”
“Pelosi, at a press conference with reporters, said Murtha — her closest confidant on defense matters — has ‘changed the debate’ in the country on the war, has won her support and will win the backing of the ‘majority of House Democrats.’ Murtha, a retired Marine who initially supported the war, announced two weeks ago that he no longer supported the conflict in Iraq and called for a rapid withdrawal of American troops from the region.” (Roll Call, November 30, 2005)
