Kennedy Vows To Fight Troop Increases

I'll give Ted Kennedy credit for this: He voted against the war in Iraq and he's still against it today. That shows backbone that's pretty rare inside the Democratic party. But that's as much credit as I'm willing to give him. For example: "The American people sent a clear message in November that we must change course in Iraq and begin to withdraw our troops, not escalate their presence," Kennedy said, referring to the November midterm elections in which Democrats wrested control of Congress from Republicans.

No Ted, the American people voted out Republicans because they strayed too far away from their core beliefs and thought the Democrats could do a better job of running the war in Iraq, not because they wanted to get out of Iraq.

Another Example:

"The way to start is by acting on the president's new plan," Kennedy said. "An escalation, whether it is called a surge or any other name, is still an escalation, and I believe it would be an immense new mistake."

Just like a retreat, by any other name, is still a retreat. But the bottom line is that Democrats aren't going to cut funds from troops as it would be political suicide to do so. They just got into power, they aren't going to do anything that would jeopardize it.

Travis
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