Senator Dodd's statment criticizing Senators Clinton and Obama for stepping backwards on Iraq

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Video: Dodd: A Call for Clarity

"I was disappointed that Senator Obama's thoughts on Iraq today didn't include a firm, enforceable deadline for redeployment, and dismayed that neither he nor Senator Clinton will give an unequivocal answer on whether they would support a measure if it didn't have such an enforceable deadline.

"It is clear to me - especially after yesterday's testimony - that half-measures aren't going to stop this President or end our involvement in this civil war. I thought it was clear to Senators Obama and Clinton as well after they finally came around to supporting the Feingold-Reid measure and voting against a blank-check supplemental spending bill this spring. If 'enough was enough' then, why isn't it after the bloodiest summer of the war?

"Senator Obama has a gift for soaring rhetoric, but, on this critical issue, we need to know the substance of his position with specificity. Without tying a date certain to funding how does he plan to enforce his call for an immediate redeployment?

"The only specificity Senator Obama offered was a call for a new constitution, but that will do nothing other than provide the Iraqis and the Bush Administration another excuse to delay -- the ink is barely dry on the constitution they have.

"It is going to take bold leadership to change our course in Iraq. We need to do more than write letters to the President, we need to be clear with him.

"I urge Senators Obama and Clinton not to backtrack on the need for a firm, enforceable deadline and state clearly and directly whether they will support an Iraq measure if it does not include one."

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[RiverStone]

1. worth a kick!

:applause:

[rodeodance]

3. and another

[mmonk]

2. Clarity from a media darling candidate?

What planet do you live on Dodd?

[nevergiveup]

4. It sure would have been nice

to have heard some anti-war "soaring rhetoric" from Senator Dodd back in 2002.

[killbotfactory]

5. That's kind of petty

Obama stated plainly that combat troops should be out of Iraq by the end 2008. Further, he stated there is no military solution to this war, countered the false choice of "fund the surge or the terrorists win" presented by the republicans, and stated unequivocally that the war must end now.

[deacon]

6. He's right. n/t