Reply #6: The Georgetown speech [View All]

[sandnsea]

Oct 2005, when he launched his Home for the Holidays campaign and they began spouting "cut and run".

"The way forward in Iraq is not to pull out precipitously or merely promise to stay “as long as it takes.” To undermine the insurgency, we must instead simultaneously pursue both a political settlement and the withdrawal of American combat forces linked to specific, responsible benchmarks. At the first benchmark, the completion of the December elections, we can start the process of reducing our forces by withdrawing 20,000 troops over the course of the holidays."

So here they are, a year later. Even if they implement a benchmark strategy, they'll screw it up. And in another year, they'll be setting a deadline to get out. *sigh*

Edit for link:
http://kerry.senate.gov/v3/cfm/record.cfm?id=247764