Reply #2: it is disheartenng to see the Dem candidates eat up this bullshit [View All]

[leftchick]

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By now, many in Washington have learned to discount the president's rhetorical excesses when it comes to the war. But even some of his harshest critics take at face value the estimates provided by the military about AQI's presence. Politicians of both parties point to such figures when forming their positions on the war. All of the top three Democratic presidential candidates have argued for keeping some American forces in Iraq or the region, citing among other reasons the continued threat from al-Qaeda.

except Dennis of course. Surely they are not this stupid. Why do they really want to keep troops there?