Tom Carper Calls for Iraq Pull Out (sort of)

At least Carper admits that we are at war in Iraq which is more than you can say about Mike Castle.

Some Iraqis act like this is the first quarter of a four-quarter basketball game. They’re wrong. We’re well into the fourth quarter. The shot clock is running, and half the Iraq team remains on the sidelines arguing about the rules, who’s going into the game and what play to call. They must get on the court and play like a team. If they do, their country can be saved. If they don’t, no surge will save them.

A year from now, there will likely be some U.S. military presence in Iraq. It may be appropriate for us to protect American assets there, continue training Iraqi troops and police forces, join them in counter-insurgency operations against al-Qaida, and help them secure their borders. But these limited missions do not require 160,000 American troops.

Clear as mud.

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