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Headlines : "War on Terror"

Summary:

As Iraq takes a back seat to other nearby hostilities comes evidence of increasing polarization of views over the withdrawal of troops from that country.

John Edwards was Kerry’s running mate in 2004 and has aspirations for 2008 so it’s worth taking notice when he publicly admits to being mistaken in voting for the invasion initially and goes on to say that he would start withdrawing troops immediately.

As he speaks 3,700 troops from the Stryker Brigade are deploying in Baghdad to shore up a disintegrating security situation

The administration is clearly as committed as ever to a lengthy occupation.

Edwards is far from being the first senior U.S. politician to advocate withdrawal but, significantly, he wants to be President and must have this policy as a vote winner.

[Posted By Watson]

By AP
Republished from AP via Las Vegas Sun

Presidential hopeful would withdraw U.S. troops

MOULTONBORO, N.H. (AP) – Former vice presidential candidate John Edwards, who is considering another run for the Democratic presidential nomination, said Saturday the United States should start pulling troops out of Iraq immediately.

The former senator from North Carolina told reporters America should “make it clear (to Iraqis) we are leaving, and the best way is to start leaving. We should take 40,000 combat troops out now.”

Edwards, who has said he regretted his vote as a U.S. senator authorizing President Bush to invade Iraq, said he would ask the country’s military leaders for a strategy “to have the (rest of the) troops out in roughly 12 to 18 months.”

“There is no chance other countries in the world will help Iraq as long as we are an occupying force,” he said.

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