Hey, no one likes Bush less than me (well that isn't true, but I don't like him none the less), but his new troop proposal is fine.
Is it a calculated political step, pushed right now to say he is bringing home the troops. Of course, but that doesn't make it a bad idea. We don't need over 100,000 troops in Germany and South Korea anymore. We don't need them and they don't want them.
Bringing them home is a fine idea.
John Kerry doesn't think so. Why? Vague "war on terrorism" reasoning (because having 25,000 troops at Frankfurt international is somehow going to stop Madrid bombings?).
John Kerry please heed a little advice - DON'T BE AN IDIOT. This has been a Democratic idea for a while. Congratulate Bush for finally coming around to it. Tell him that reasonable people can change their mind - and it isn't a flip-flop.
But no. You are determined to lose this.