Kerry’s finally antiwar – two years late

On Thursday, John Kerry introduced a resolution which calls for the US to leave Iraq by the end of this year if they can form a government by May 15, immediately if they can’t.

But look carefully, apparently Bush’s frat brother couldn’t resist the thought that he might be president some day and might like to have an expanded Middle Eastern footprint of his own. On the subject of complete withdrawal from Iraq by the end of the year if they do succeed in creating a government:

“…leaving only those forces critical to completing the mission of standing up security forces of Iraq [sic].”

This is an obvious loophole for the indefinite occupation of those “enduring” bases they’ve been building. Though in this age of “inherent” and “plenery” executive authority, what difference does it make what a law says anyway?

Now at least the Democratic candidates for House and Senate will be forced to take a stand for or against the continued occupation of that unfortunate land. Are they going to take the Hillary Clinton style “more murderous than thou,” position, or will they actually represent their constituents, assert their constitutional authority (against the executive for once) and put an end to this catastrophe.

Democrats are scared of looking weak on national security. The Republicans have been an absolute disaster for national security and from where I sit, the Dems look weak for being too cowardly to say so.

Again, one more time for those in the back or who have really small computer monitors:

If you want security, stop meddling in other people’s affairs.

Update: Arthur Silber weighs in.

Author: Scott Horton

Scott Horton is editorial director of Antiwar.com, director of the Libertarian Institute, host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, California and podcasts the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He’s the author of the 2017 book, Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan and editor of The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019. He’s conducted more than 5,000 interviews since 2003. Scott lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, investigative reporter Larisa Alexandrovna Horton. He is a fan of, but no relation to the lawyer from Harper’s. Scott’s Twitter, YouTube, Patreon.