Edwards draws sharp contrast with Clinton on Iraq

[DeepModem Mom]

CNN: October 7, 2007
Edwards draws sharp contrast with Clinton on Iraq

(CNN)–Calling her plans "a continuation of the war," former North Carolina Senator John Edwards sought to draw a sharp distinction between his plan for Iraq, and that of the Democratic front-runner, Sen. Hillary Clinton , D-New York.

"I am not for maintaining combat troops inside Iraq for a lot of reasons," the Democratic presidential hopeful told NBC's Tim Russert on Sunday. "I think number one, they'll have a target on their forehead while they're there. Number two, it continues the impression that America is occupying Iraq."

"What I would do instead is outside of Iraq, probably in Kuwait, maintain a quick reaction force," Edwards said. "And that quick reaction force would be focused on the possibility of Al Qaeda operations."

Edwards said he has a problem with what he has heard from Clinton, and some of his other rivals for the nomination, when they talk about maintaining combat troops in Iraq to focus on anti-terrorism operations. "That's very similar to what President Bush says. Its very hard to understand where that ends, where the limits are."...

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/10/07/edwards-draws-sharp-contrast-with-clinton-on-iraq/

[jsamuel]

1. yes he does

some candidates below him are trying to distort his message though for Clinton's benefit