July 18, 2003
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Kerry Questions Bush on Iraqi Occupation (Guardian, 7/13/2003)"The obligation of the United States government is to rapidly internationalize the effort in Iraq, get the target off of American troops, bring other people, particularly Muslim-speaking and Arab-speaking Muslim troops, into the region," Kerry said.
Let's overlook the "Muslim-speaking" slip and just consider the proposition that the U.S. goal should be to "get the target off of Americans" and onto Muslims. Is this a realistic strategy for winning the war on terror? Is it an attractive sentiment?
It's only a matter of getting two candidates to drop out and the pundits will haul out the "seven dwarves" line.