Gore: Deadline for Iraq w/drawal "not right approach"

For those that like to see the full context of quotes...

MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: How about the broader issue? It's no secret you were against the war early and strongly. What would you do now? Right now?

MR. GORE: Well, I would pursue the twin objectives of trying to withdraw our forces as quickly as we possibly can, while at the same time minimizing the risk that will make the mess over there even worse and raise even higher the danger of civil war and/or anarchy.

MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: John Kerry says there should be a complete pull-out by the end of this year. Do you agree with that?

MR. GORE: Well, not necessarily. Maybe it could come sooner than that.

MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: Sooner?

MR. GORE: Well, maybe. Maybe sometime after that. I think that we need to pursue these twin objectives.

MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: Without a deadline, though?

MR. GORE: Probably without a deadline. I think the setting of the deadline is intended to -- sometimes it's described as a way to set in motion forces that will make -- improve our options and improve the situation on the ground. It's possible that setting a deadline could set in place, in motion, forces that would make it even worse. I think that we should analyze that very carefully. My guess is that a deadline is probably not the right approach. But again, you have to weigh that question in the context of how the political decisions are made between the Congress and the Executive Branch. Sometimes the Congress itself has blunt instruments and limited options to play a role in matters like this. But --

MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: Like cutting off funding?

MR. GORE: Well, I don't think anybody will be talking about that ever. But in terms of meeting these twin objectives, getting our troops home as quickly as possible without making the moral mistake of worsening an already bad situation, that's delicate, it's difficult.

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Gore_Maybe_troops_should_pullout_from_0604.html

 

What are you worried about? Gore's not running for president. He's just a washed up, has been politician.

Nothing to see here….move along…

 

Did he say he wanted to persue both timeframes?

TWIN OBJECTIVES

PURSUE TWIN OBJECTIVES NOT BOTH TIMEFRAMES AS BASSO SPINNING IT TO BE

 

Another lame attempt to distract from the total chaos introduced by W.

 

See, the problem is that Bush is doing neither one... in fact he's making the mess worse. He's said several times it will be the next President's problem. With Bush in charge the only way to not make things worse is to pressure him to withdraw.

If Gore or anyone else not connected to this administration, be they D or R, is President, this is exactly the objectives one would hope they would work towards, that is, a policy and an approach that is not insane.

 

so what do you think should the objective in Iraq at this point? neocons have all the answers and democrats only have questions right?