Democrats double-talk on Iraq

If you've been paying attention to the news lately, the leftist clowns of the Democrat Party have been flip-flopping all over themselves about what to do in Iraq. Here are a few of my favorite double-talkers...

Nancy Pelosi, after voting against the GOP's Nov. 17th "Murtha resolution" to immediately begin withdrawing our troops from Iraq, said:

"Mr. Murtha speaks for himself."

Nancy Pelosi, on November 30th after President Bush's speech about needing to stay strong and not abandon the mission or the people in Iraq, said:

"We should follow the lead of Congressman John Murtha, who has put forth a plan to make American safer, to make our military stronger and to make Iraq more stable. That is what the American people and our troops deserve...I believe that a majority of our caucus clearly supports Mr. Murtha."

OK, very good, Nancy. Hope that flip-flop doesn't kill your back, though...oh, that's right; you're spineless. Sorry, I forgot. Let's move to John Kerry, shall we?

John Kerry, on December 3rd, 2003, during his campaign for the Democrat nomination for president, had this to say about the strategy we should have for Iraq:

“I fear that in the run-up to the 2004 election the administration is considering what is tantamount to a cut-and-run strategy. A sudden embrace of accelerated Iraqification and American troop withdrawal without adequate stability is an invitation to failure.” He also contended that it would be “a disaster and a disgraceful betrayal of principle” to accelerate the transfer of authority to Iraqis so as to allow “a politically expedient withdrawal of American troops.”

John Kerry, on the campaign trail in April, 2004, had this to say about Iraq:

"It may well be that we need a new president, a breath of fresh air, to re-establish our credibility with the rest of the world," Kerry said on NBC's Meet the Press. "If it requires more troops in order to create the stability that eliminates the chaos that's what we have to do."

John Kerry, hawking away on the campaig in May, 2004:

May 28 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry called for 40,000 more U.S. troops in Iraq, saying he would ``modernize our military to match its new missions'' in the war on terror and homeland security.

John Kerry, two weeks ago following Murtha's call to immediately begin withdrawing our troops as reported by CNN:

Not all Democrats are lining up behind Murtha. Fellow veteran Sen. John Kerry, who also voted for the Iraq resolution, disagrees with Murtha's call for a swift withdrawal, arguing instead for a phased withdrawal linked "to the success of the election."

John Kerry, now as reported by CNN:

John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) yesterday called for the withdrawal of 20,000 troops from Iraq by year's end as the first step in a proposal that would significantly reduce U.S. military forces in the region over the next 15 months. Said Kerry, "Our military presence in vast and visible numbers has become part of the problem, not the solution."

Hmmmmm...very interesting. Love those leftwing flip-flops.

-MZ