Democratic Party delegates supporting presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich struck a deal this weekend with representatives of John Kerry over the Party's stance on the Iraq war. The deal happened this weekend at the Democratic Party Platform convention in Miami. Kucinich's delegates withdrew their proposal for a quick withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
The critical paragraph was worked out in negotiations led by Sandy Berger, who was President Bill Clinton's national security adviser.
It pledges to remove American troops "when appropriate so that the military support needed by a sovereign Iraqi government will no longer be seen as the direct continuation of an American military presence."
Democracy Now article
The critical paragraph was worked out in negotiations led by Sandy Berger, who was President Bill Clinton's national security adviser.
It pledges to remove American troops "when appropriate so that the military support needed by a sovereign Iraqi government will no longer be seen as the direct continuation of an American military presence."
Well, that relieves me of having to decide whether to vote for Kucinich, I guess. Everybody pull to the right. We'll get to Facistaland before you know it.
....but hey, you do what you want....you will anyway.
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