Question: Who made the following statement on Feb 27, 2004:

[Sinistrous]

"And to replenish our overextended military, as President, I will add 40,000 active-duty Army troops, a temporary increase likely to last the remainder of the decade."

Just askin'.


Sinistrous

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

1. Easy :-)

John Forbes Kerry.

Is there one campaign statement that Gore or Kerry made that has turned out to be untrue or unwise?

Just asking...

[Sinistrous]

4. I'm just noting the hundreds of posts excoriating bush for

a proposal he stole from John Kerry.

Sinistrous

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5. Proposed at a time when Iraq still had a chance for stabilization and to bring in UN and

NATO troops to help. Big difference. After three elections, and no UN and NATO troop assistance, Iraq is in Civil War and the only thing US needs to do is withdraw amid stepped up political efforts and concentrated diplomacy.

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2. Dennis Kucinich!

:rofl:

Actually, I believe the correct answer is John F. Kerry.

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3. Kerry - he would take them from regions where they are stationed that had no

need and redeploy them to areas where they could be helpful to stabilize Iraq before their first election was held in Jan. 2005, and while there was still a chance for UN and NATO troops to come in to a stabilized situation.

After Iraq's third election, Civil War became a reality, and Kerry submitted a comprehensive withdrawal plan for Iraq that was voted down in June 2006.

Right now, Kerry would redeploy most troops to Afghanistan where the country has regressed thanks to Bush's singlemindedness on Iraq.

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6. Just today, Kerry said

that adding more troops to Iraq at this point wouldn't improve the situation. Back in 2004, a temporary increase might have helped stabilize things. But the time when that would help is long past.

Below is an exerpt from David Gregory's interview with Kerry on this morning's Today show on NBC.

GREGORY: Let me ask you first about headlines this morning. The president now wants to increase the size of the U.S. armed forces. A good idea?

KERRY: Well, it shouldn't be confused with increasing the numbers of troops in Iraq itself.

Two years ago, during the campaign, I said and recommended that we need to increase the size of our armed forces for our global responsibilities by at least 40,000 troops. So that's a good idea.

But I don't believe we should be escalating the number of troops absent some kind of comprehensive political resolution in Iraq.

GREGORY: More troops would not do enough in your estimation to shore up Baghdad and at least give the Maliki government a fighting chance?

KERRY: Not without a fundamental political resolution. I think you could put 100,000 troops and you're going to up the casualties, up the stakes, increase the violence and not get a resolution.