Sen Joe Biden at Center for American Progress Action Fund May 20, 2008 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Sen Joe Biden at Center for American Progress Action Fund May 20, 2008 / Center for American Progress Action Fund
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| 説明 | www.americanprogressaction.org/events/2008/05/senbiden.html“Because of the policies George Bush has pursued and John McCainwould continue, the entire Middle East is more dangerous. The UnitedStates and our allies, including Israel, are less secure,” said Sen.Joe Biden (D-DE) at the Center for American Progress.McCain “does not have a plan” for Iraq, said Biden. McCain’s plan is “thesame as President Bush’s plan: Stay, Stay in Iraq until the very lastof Iranian influence is eliminated. Stay in Iraq until the last memberof Al Qaeda is killed. Stay in Iraq indefinitely.”Sen. John McCain said he has soaring hopes ofaccomplishing the plans that have been set forth in regards to Iraq,and that he hopes to see the war ended by 2013. Sen. McCain andPresident Bush both also have insinuated that it would be a largemistake to leave before Al Qaeda in Iraq is defeated.Biden challenged their plan, saying that it is imperative to bringhome our troops without leaving chaos behind in Iraq. “We are spending$3 billion a week on this war, while losing 30 to 40 U.S. soldiers andpersonnel a month.”“John continues to cling to the failed strategy of thisadministration, which is that it is possible to have a Shia-dominatedcentral government, strong enough that it in fact controls the wholecountry, and has the support and confidence of the Kurds and theSunnis. I wish that were true but I don’t believe in the lifetime ofanyone in this room that will happen,” said Biden.Biden argued that the costs of our involvement in Iraq haveoutweighed the benefits and have ironically strengthened the greatestchallenge to U.S. interests in the region: Iran. But “the idea that wecan wipe out every vestige of Iran’s influence in Iraq is a fantasy,”Biden said. “Even with 160,000 American troops in Iraq, Prime MinisterMaliki, our ally in Baghdad, greets Iran’s leader with kisses—Iran is amajor regional power and it shares a long border—and a longhistory—with Iraq. Right now, Iran loves the status quo, with 140,000Americans troops bogged down and bleeding, caught in a cross fire ofintra-Shi’a rivalry and Sunni-Shi’a civil war.”Biden explained that by “drawing down, we can take away Iran’sability to wage a proxy war against our troops and force Tehran toconcentrate on avoiding turmoil inside Iraq’s borders and instabilitybeyond them.”“We are no closer to the President’s stated goal of an Iraq that candefend itself, govern it and sustain itself in peace,” Biden said, and“we can’t keep treading without exhausting ourselves and doing greatand permanent damage to our vital interest around the world.” |
| 撮影日 | 2008-05-20 12:47:36 |
| 撮影者 | Center for American Progress Action Fund , Washington, DC |
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| カメラ | Canon EOS 5D , Canon |
| 露出 | 0.004 sec (1/250) |
| 開放F値 | f/2.8 |
| 焦点距離 | 189 mm |