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05/09/2007
Kerry Tells Cheney to Get Tough with Iraqi Government
"No American soldier should die so that the Iraqi politicians can take a vacation"
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WASHINGTON, DC - Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) issued the following statement today, in response to Vice President's Dick Cheney meetings in Iraq with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Both Ambassador Ryan Crocker and a senior Administration official admitted to reporters today that part of the reason behind Cheney's trip is to simply ask the Iraqi Parliament not to take a planned two month vacation this summer, given the country's ongoing civil war. Kerry first spoke out against the Iraqi politicians' vacation in a floor statement last Tuesday.
"It was very disappointing to hear the Vice President say that the Iraqis' decision to take a vacation while our troops are dying is 'a sovereign issue to them.' He should have delivered a much tougher message to the Iraqis, that they must start working overtime to find a political solution to end the violence - not leave things unfinished for two months.
"No American soldier should die so that the Iraqi politicians can take a vacation. An Iraqi Parliament that spends July and August sitting around a swimming pool while their country descends into further unrest and civil war does not deserve America's support. With every passing day it becomes clearer that the US should not be sending our brave troops into the middle of a brutal, chaotic civil war that Iraq's own leaders are unwilling to solve."
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