Senator Kennedy Calls Forth Satan, Spins Head And Spews Split Pea Soup

Well, not quite. But he doesn't care too much for my brothers and sisters in uniform, coming just short of blaming us for the insurgency in Iraq.



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Speaking at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in the District, Mr. Kennedy said that U.S. troops and officials are seen by Iraqis as an occupational force, rather than a means to peace, and they are the reason violence is escalating.

"The men and women of our armed services are serving honorably and with great courage under extreme conditions, but their indefinite presence is fanning the flames of conflict," he said. (emphasis mine)

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Thanks, Ted!! You're my favorite drunk!

So let me guess...we're to withdraw our forces from an extremely unstable Iraq, cross our fingers, wish happy thoughts, and believe that the fledgling democracy will NOT fall into civil war and become an Islamic theocracy?

I gotta get some of what you're drinking, Senator. I'll bet it's really, really good.