Military+-+Edwards


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"We don't need debate; we don't need non-binding resolutions; we need to end this war. In order to get the Iraqi people to take responsibility for their country, we must show them that we are serious about leaving, and the best way to do that is to actually start leaving."//** -- __John Edwards__

Edwards believs that the Iraqi people have to politically take responsibility for their own country. He also thinks we need to prove that we are serious about leaving. He thinks we can do this by a withdrawal of 40,000-50,000 troops and a complete withdrawal within nine to ten months. He wants to leave behind (in Iraq) only a brigade of 3,500 to 5,000 troops to protect the embassy and possibly a few hundred troops to guard humanitarian workers. Edwards does not agree with President Bush's "surge" and supports immediately drawing down 40,000 to 50,000 combat troops.