- First, It doesn’t oppose a surge in our forces per se – it simply states that the 21,000 is too high a number.
- Second, it doesn’t contemplate the phased redeployment from Iraq, quite the contrary, it says that the legislation “should not be interpreted as precipitating any immediate reduction in, or withdrawal of, the present level of forces.”
- Third, it refuses to endorse one of the most critical element of the Baker Hamilton plan – namely engaging all of Iraq’s neighbors in a region effort to bring peace and stability to Iraq.
BREAKING--Senator Dodd to oppose the Warner-Levin legislation
posted by Tim Cullen, on February 1, 2007 - 12:42pm
Over the last several weeks Senator Dodd has spoken about Captain Brian Freeman, a courageous West Point Graduate who he met in Baghdad last December and who lost his life in Karbala on January 20.
Senator Dodd cannot in good conscience continue to go along with a failed policy that will lead to the loss of more Brian Freemans.
His position on the war in Iraq is very straightforward – Senator Dodd is strongly opposed to sending additional troops to referee a civil war that can’t be won militarily.
He strongly believes we need phased redeployment of US combat forces from urban areas to border areas, other countries in the region and to Afghanistan where they could stop the resurgence of the Taliban.
The legislation on which Senators Warner and Levin compromised last evening is essentially an endorsement of the status quo.
It is flawed in very fundamental ways:
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Thank you Senator Dodd for standing up for America and the troops. We don't need a plan that "Stays The Course" and we don't need any more troops in the middle of a civel war. What we need is to engage with other countries in the region to come to some type of agreement on how to stabilize Iraq. We need to get as many troops out of Iraq as soon as possible and get back to the real fight on terror in Afghanistan. Senator Dodd you are right on track and I support you 100%.
Lets send Senator Dodd to the top. Vote for him in this online poll.
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Dodd just scored another point with me. Tell him to keep it up!
Today on www.msnbc.com political section it ranks the Democrat Presidential candidates for 2008. Senator Chris Dodd has jumped up to #4. This is great news for our guy who has just started his campaign and is being ranked all the way up at #4. As the debates start he will climb all the way to the top winning the Democrat nomination and will be come our next Commander and Chief. Way to go sir keep it up!!
Look for some liveblogging from the DNC's winter meeting tomorrow--text, photos on Flickr, and videos on YouTube. Senator Dodd will speak to the delegates at 9:30am, and you can watch his speech on C-SPAN. If you miss it, we should have it YouTubed not long after, courtesy of Governor Dean's great internet team at the DNC.
Check our C-Span this coming Sunday Feb. 4th at 6:30 pm est.
Senator Chris Dodd will be on Road To The White House.
WHAT A SPEECH- WOW!!!!!!