Peace group endorses Richardson

I saw in the Register that STAR-PAC, a group created to oppose the arms race, has endorsed Bill Richardson for president:

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STAR PAC, an acronym for Stop the Arms Race Political Action Committee, said Wednesday that its central committee voted to support Richardson for many reasons, particularly the Democrat's promise to pull all U.S. forces out of Iraq within six months to one year.

“His message is the same wherever he speaks – to a military audience in Georgetown, a New Hampshire town meeting, in a rural Iowa community or at STAR PAC's candidate forum with the governor in August,” said Harold Wells, Iowa's STAR PAC chair.

This is a great get for Richardson. It has to be considered a blow to Barack Obama, who is campaigning as the guy who was right about Iraq from the beginning. I think it was a mistake for him to let other candidates get to his left on defunding the war and bringing our troops home quickly.

The Register notes that only Richardson, Edwards, Obama and Kucinich returned STAR-PAC's questionnaire. I'm not surprised that none of the Republican candidates gave this group the time of day, but I am surprised that Hillary blew them off. 

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  • When will Iowans realize the fraud of Biden's plan?

    A short while back Senator Joseph Biden displayed unfavorable Democratic Party unity by, what I consider, making an unfounded statement regarding Governor Bill Richardson’s desire to remove our troops from Iraq within a three to six month time frame. Simple common logic warrants an individual to consider if we moved in and took over Iraq over in two to four months and setup the preverbal “Green Zone” within this same timeframe, then getting out would most definitely take less time.

    Being in the service myself, and servicing in Vietnam, along with having the experience of aiding in the moving our base camp of some 1,100 troopers, approximately 300 kilometers to a new location; tells me that with today’s highly mechanized military, there should be no problem with our forces in Iraq to depart in three or four months.

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    • I wouldn't say "fraud"

      but I would say impractical.

      Iraq is not like Bosnia, and I don’t see Biden’s plan working, especially because the regional powers in the Middle East do not have an interest in a Biden-type solution for Iraq.

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