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To: LindyBill who wrote (97255)	1/27/2005 9:05:06 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793783

Kennedy has said many disgusting things but this is over the top: ~~Kennedy Calls for Troop Withdrawal in Iraq apnews.myway.com [KLP Note: Perhaps Kennedy and his ilk are the ones that are fanning the insurgents in Iraq.............] Jan 27, 11:56 AM (ET) By LOLITA C. BALDOR Google sponsored links WASHINGTON (AP) - The American military's continued presence in Iraq is fanning the flames of conflict, and signals the need for a new detailed timeline to bring the troops home, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said Thursday. Just three days before the Iraqi people go to the polls to elect a new government, the Massachusetts Democrat said America must give Iraq back to its people rather than continue an occupation that parallels the failed politics of the Vietnam war. "The U.S. military presence has become part of the problem, not part of the solution," Kennedy said in remarks prepared for delivery at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. "We need a new plan that sets fair and realistic goals for self-government in Iraq, and works with the Iraqi government on a specific timetable for the honorable homecoming of our forces." While not the first member of Congress to call for a withdrawal of the troops, Kennedy is the first senator to do so. And his remarks continued what has been a long and blistering assault on the administration's Iraq policies. Republican National Committee spokesman Brian Jones criticized Kennedy's timing. "Its remarkable that Sen. Kennedy would deliver such an overtly pessimistic message only days before the Iraqi election," said Jones. "Kennedy's partisan political attack stands in stark contrast to President Bush's vision of spreading freedom around the world." He has called the war a "fraud made up in Texas," and said the administration misled the people about the threats leading up to the war. Now, Kennedy said, the United States and the insurgents are both battling for the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people and the U.S. is losing. "There may well be violence as we disengage militarily from Iraq and Iraq disengages politically from us, but there will be much more violence if we continue our present dangerous and destabilizing course," said Kennedy. "It will not be easy to extricate ourselves from Iraq, but we must begin." Administration officials have so far declined to discuss a timeline for troop withdrawal, saying the goal is to ensure the Iraqis are capable of maintaining their own security before military forces are scaled back. Kennedy, who has called Iraq "George Bush's Vietnam," drew parallels between that failed conflict and the current deadly battle against guerrilla insurgents. He said the United States must learn from the mistakes of Vietnam - which he termed a misguided war that carried on too long and was not honestly portrayed by officials to the American people. Kennedy said the first goal in the current situation should be for the United Nations - not the United States - to convene an international meeting to help the new government take shape and draft a constitution.

To: LindyBill who wrote (97255)	1/28/2005 5:28:51 AM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793783

It's not as if Teddy Kennedy knows much about the Military. Couldn't figure out what Teddy Kennedy did in the Army after getting bounced from Harvard the first time. Finally found this. Wonder just how a rich ner'do'well gets to go to Paris to the Supreme Command...especially after cheating at Harvard. Rich Dad? There is much more to his story than the press has told, I would venture. We were in the Korean War at that time. ##### vfwdc.org Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) Army 1951-53 Pfc. en.wikipedia.org Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy, (born February 22, 1932, in Brookline, Massachusetts) is a Democratic U.S. senator from Massachusetts. He is known as one of America's leading liberal politicians. Contents [showhide] 1 Family and youth 2 Early career 3 Chappaquiddick 4 Presidential bid 5 No child left behind 6 Views on abortion 7 Democratic icon 8 Grounded by terror watch list 9 External links [edit] Family and youth Kennedy is the youngest of nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. He attended Milton Academy and entered Harvard College in 1950. He was suspended from Harvard in May 1951 after he arranged for another student to take a final examination in a Spanish class in his place. He then entered the U.S. Army for two years; he was assigned to the SHAPE*** headquarters in Paris. Kennedy eventually re-entered Harvard, graduating in June 1956. He got his law degree from the University of Virginia and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1959. While he was in law school, he managed his brother John's 1958 Senate re-election campaign. His home is in Hyannis Port, Mass., where he lives with his wife, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, and her children, Curran and Caroline. He has three grown children from his first marriage with Virginia Joan Bennett: Kara, Edward Jr., and Patrick, and four grandchildren. After his brothers John and Robert were assasinated (in 1963 and 1968, respectively), he took on the role of surrogate father for 13 more children. Ted Kennedy was elected to the Senate from Massachusetts in 1962 to fill the seat left vacant by his oldest brother, John F. Kennedy, upon the latter's election as president of the United States, and has successfully run for re-election in 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, and 2000. In the current Senate (as of 2004), Kennedy is second only to Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) as its longest-serving member. According to The Almanac of American Politics, he has served longer than all but four other senators in U.S. history. According to NPR, Kennedy plans to run again in 2006. If he wins and serves out his full six-year term, he will have served in the U.S. Senate for fifty years, the longest service of any Senator to date. 88888888888888888888888888888888888888888 ****Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) is the central command of NATO military forces in Europe. Until 1967 it was situated in France, at Fontainebleau near Paris. Following the withdrawal of France from NATO's military command, it was relocated to Mons in Belgium. ##### rt66.com