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The flipping and flopping
Topic Started: Aug 22 2004, 03:08 PM (56 Views)
Dwayne
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On August 1st of this year John Kerry said this, "If the diplomacy that I believe can be put in place can work, I think we can significantly change the deployment of troops, not just there [Iraq] but elsewhere in the world. In the Korean peninsula perhaps, in Europe perhaps. There are great possibilities open to us."

Once Pres. Bush announced a tentative plan for troop reductions in Europe and Asia, John Kerry said this last Wednesday to the VFW...
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Finally, I want to say something about the plan that the President announced on Monday to withdraw 70,000 troops from Asia and Europe. Nobody wants to bring troops home more than those of us who have fought in foreign wars. But it needs to be done at the right time and in a sensible way. This is not that time or that way.

Let’s be clear: the President’s vaguely stated plan does not strengthen our hand in the war against terror. And in no way relieves the strain on our overextended military personnel. And this hastily announced plan raises more doubts about our intentions and our commitments than it provides real answers.

For example, why are we unilaterally withdrawing 12,000 troops from the Korean Peninsula at the very time we are negotiating with North Korea – a country that really has nuclear weapons? As Senator John McCain said, “I’m particularly concerned about moving troops out of South Korea when North Korea has probably never been more dangerous than any time since the end of the Korean War.” This is clearly the wrong signal to send at the wrong time.

Based on the last sentence of the last paragraph I cited, you'd think Kerry wouldn't want to send the wrong signal by withdrawling from Iraq. As well, this is just another example of Mr. Flipper flip-floppin' through the campaign.
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