Baseless suspicions and other nonsense. . .

Pathetically enough, Kerry is actually still trying to undermine American success in Iraq. This is an excerpt that picks up midanswer in his interview with Tim Russert on "Meet the Press" Sunday:

Kerry: I agree with Sen. Kennedy that we have become the target and part of the problem today, if not the problem. Now, obviously, you've got to provide security and stability in order to be able to turn this over to the Iraqis and to be able to withdraw our troops, so I wouldn't do a specific timetable, but I certainly agree with him in principle that the goal must be to withdraw American troops.

Now, I wouldn't be surprised if the new government, as soon as it's possible, begins to negotiate some modality like that. And I wouldn't be surprised if they even asked us to leave in some way over a period of time. I wouldn't be surprised if the administration privately, behind closed doors, asked them to ask us to leave. I think there are plenty of ways to skin this cat. But the most important thing is that you've got to have stability. . . .

Russert: Do you have any information that the Bush administration is privately requesting the new Iraqi government to ask us to leave?

Kerry: No.

So Kerry is theorizing--baselessly, by his own admission--that the administration is looking for a way to cut and run. Thank goodness Kerry is as powerless as he is irresponsible.

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