Dem Radio Address: Bush's “dangerous incompetence” & Redeploy Our Troops

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Dianne Feinstein Delivers the National Democratic Radio Address: Cites Bush’s “Dangerous Incompetence” in Securing Peace in Iraq
March 18th, 2006 @ 10:13 am

Senator Dianne Feinstein, CA delivered the National Democratic Radio Address this morning. In the radio address Senator Feinstein noted that the “American people expect 2006 to be a year of significant transition” in Iraq. She blamed the Bush administration’s “dangerous incompetence” for the difficulty in securing the peace in Iraq.

Feinstein urged Bush to “exercise the leadership necessary to bring Iraq’s political factions together” and head off a civil war that could decimate Iraq and further endanger Americans. She said that the Iraqis need to take over the primary responsibility for their country’s security this year “so our troops can be responsibly redeployed.”

The text of the address as prepared (as received by The Democratic Daily) follows below:

Good morning. I’m Senator Dianne Feinstein

This week is the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq – a country that remains bitterly divided. Sectarian violence is on the rise. And each day civil war draws closer.

On Monday, the President acknowledged for the first time that Iraqi forces must take control of more of Iraq by the end of this year.

In taking this position, he inched closer to the position held by Democrats and by the American people, who believe that Iraqis must take primary responsibility in 2006 – this year — for securing and governing their country, so our troops can responsibly be redeployed.

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