John Kerry: Still Dazed

See if this statement by John Kerry, made today in a speech at policy-wonkish Georgetown University, makes any sense to you.

First, according to AP, he said the presence of 159,000 US troops in Iraq is deterring the peace process. Then:

"To undermine the insurgency, we must instead simultaneously pursue both a political settlement and the withdrawal of American combat forces linked to specific, responsible benchmarks. At the first benchmark, the completion of December elections, we can start the process of reducing our forces by 20,000 troops over the course of the holidays."

To get to logic of this caliber, he must be talking with Teresa more.

It's just a wild guess on my part, but I'd say having 159,000 troops there is deterring the insurgent/terrorist process, which is good for the peace process. Not just because we routinely kick terrorist butt, but also because our troops stand beside peace-loving Iraqis and help them rebuild their country and build their Democracy.

We should all be indebted to Kerry for coming up with the idea of pursuing a political settlement. Wait a minute ... wasn't there some kind of vote, some kind of political process, over there just this last weekend? Maybe John was busy talking to Terry or was tending to his war wounds and missed the papers this weekend.

I guess he also wants us to tell the terrorists what our specific, responsible benchmarks are, so they can set a strategy for driving our withdrawal. What a good idea that is!

And the blue state people think they're so smart ...