Hillary Supports Having Troops in Iraq for at least 10 years

David Swanson writes about an interview Ted Koppel had with NPR where he had this to say about Sen. Clinton...

Koppel points out that in a recent debate Senator Hillary Clinton said that her first priority if elected would be to "bring our troops home." She did not say ALL our troops, Koppel points out, and she does not mean ALL our troops. She told the New York Times three months ago that some forces would have to remain. And Koppel adds that he spoke with someone from the Pentagon who briefs Clinton, and that she had told this person that if she is elected and reelected, she expects to have troops in Iraq at the end of her second term. Koppel notes that that's 10 years away. He adds that he thinks she's "right" and that the other Democratic candidates agree with her. When, oh when, he laments, will we get the truth instead of applause lines.

This is the number one reason I am not supporting Hillary Clinton in the Iowa Caucuses. Bill Richardson has called for no residual forces in Iraq after this calendar year. John Edwards has called for redeploying 40,000 troops out of Iraq immediately. Barack Obama was against the war from the beginning. Biden has a clear plan for solving the mess in Iraq. I just don't trust Hillary when she says the first thing she will do is withdrawal troops out of Iraq.