RNC in Bloomington: Kennedy twists Klobuchar’s position on the war
Mark Kennedy in his speech to the RNC meeting in Bloomington had this Klobuchar’s position on the war:
“They want somebody who has a firm point of view. Whatever point of view you have, my opponent has said it in one form of another,” said Kennedy. “In one form she’ll try to sound like she’s being prudent. In another form she’ll say Iraq is a fiasco and we got to get out troops out of there now.”
Whatever your own position, Klobuchar has remained absolutely consistent on her position that she is against an immediate withdrawal from Klobuchar’s website:
Since April, I have been asking the President to give the nation a clear plan to bring our troops home safely. As with any effective plan, there should be a realistic time-frame based on specific milestones and benchmarks, with honest and current information from the administration about the status of our efforts…
If the president is unwilling to provide a plan, Congress should call upon the Joint Chiefs of Staff to do so.
(…)I also believe we have to manage our exit from Iraq in a responsible way. I do not support immediate withdrawal of our troops, as has been suggested by some, because the situation is just too precarious.
Going back to Kennedy’s remarks, let’s substitute Kennedy’s lie with the truth: “Iraq is a fiasco and we have to draw down our troops based on a realistic time frame.”
I will leave it to the reader to decide whether or not the above statement is prudent or not.