Kucinich: Barack Obama's Withdrawal Strategy is Too Little, Too Late

Cleveland Congressman and Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich has dismissed Barack Obama's withdrawal strategy in a press release. In the press release, Kucinich says that Obama's call to end the war leaves soldiers in harms way for more than a year and also labels it as "Politically Convenient".

Here is exactly what Kucinich stated:

"With all due respect to my friend and colleague, his newfound strategy for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq is too little, too late, and too politically contrived and convenient to be credible or persuasive," Kucinich said.

"While Senator Obama is now struggling mightily to establish himself as the Party's leading advocate of ending the war and bringing our troops home, until recently, his record shows that he voted for every re-authorization of the war by approving of every additional spending measure placed before him by the Bush Administration.

"He gave one highly publicized and highly promoted speech against the war before he was elected to the U.S. Senate. But, starting in 2004, when he was elected to do more than give speeches, his votes show that he bought the lies and paid for the war over and over again. It was only a few months ago -- when he became a candidate for the Presidency -- that he decided it was politically inconvenient to keep supporting the President, keep supporting the war, and keep supporting the diversion of hundreds of billions of dollars from our crucial domestic priorities.

"The Senator's call for what's being described as 'an immediate withdrawal' is actually an unacceptable, inadequate, and disingenuous campaign tactic that leaves our brave men and women in Iraq at risk and in jeopardy until the end of next year. They need to come home now. The war needs to end now. The Congress needs to stop supporting the President's failed policies now.

"I welcome the Senator's late arrival to the debate I began in 2002 when I led the opposition in the Congress to going to war. I'm glad that he has finally joined me in a call for more international involvement to stabilize the situation. I also appreciate his new willingness to support my call for additional spending to help Iraqi citizens whose lives and property have been destroyed by this war.

"After almost three years, the Senator has finally recognized that he has a lot of catching up to do. What America needs is a leader, not someone who spends years struggling to catch up," Kucinich concluded.