Oct 29, 2005 16:39
"When [the Bush administration] could have listened to General Shinseki and put
in enough troops to maintain order, they chose not to. They were wrong."
""General George Casey, our top military commander in Iraq, recently told
Congress that our large military presence 'feeds the notion of occupation' and
'extends the amount of time that it will take for Iraqi security forces to
become self-reliant.' It is essential to acknowledge that the insurgency will
not be defeated unless our troop levels are drawn down."
Senator and unsuccessful Presidential candidate John F Kerry, in the same
speech.