Thurs, Feb 26 - CNN Debate in LA with Larry King KUCINICH: Or are we looking at a draft? Because you've said you want to send 40,000 more troops there. KERRY: No, I haven't said that. KUCINICH: Senator... KERRY: I have never said that. Fri, Feb 27 - Kerry's Major Policy Address at UCLA "I will add 40,000 active-duty Army troops, a temporary increase likely to last the remainder of the decade." |
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Sun, Feb 29 - CBS New York Debate with Dan Rather
KERRY: No, I'm not going to have a draft. Yes, I will get us out of Iraq.
KUCINICH: How?
KERRY: None of those troops are going to Iraq that I've talked about, that 40,000. that is a reflection of the fact that our military is extraordinarily overextended. Our Guards and Reserves have been turned into almost active duty. When we bring the rotation of these four divisions back, over the course of the spring, we'll only have two divisions actively prepared to do what we need to do in our country.
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"we'll only have two divisions actively prepared to do what we need to do in our country."
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Ben Frank: Mr. Kerry, what do we 'need to do in our country' that will require 2 army divisions?
KUCINICH: How are we going to get another 40,000 troops, John?
KERRY: Dennis, I laid out -- I think I was the first United States senator to stand up and lay out a very specific plan for how you approach the rest of the world and bring them to the table with respect to Iraq.
Ben Frank: Hey buddy, answer the question. The question was:
How are we going to get another 40,000 troops, John?
And the way -- you can't just cut and run, Dennis.
KUCINICH: I've never suggested that, John.
KERRY: Well, then, you've adopted my plan, because my plan...
True to phony politician form, John Kerry did not answer the question- yes, you should be worried that this is the 'alternative' to the bush.
Is John Kerry trustworthy?
How likely is another draft?
