Reply #19: I could be wrong, but I could swear I saw a recent interview [View All]

[johnaries]

with Al where he said that there were no good choices but that because our presence was increasing terrorist recruiting we need to withdraw immediately.
I'm lookng to see if I can find a link. I may be thinking of someone else, but it sure seems like it was Gore.

edit: I was thinking of the Larry King interview. He didn't say immediate withdrawal, but he did say as quickly as possible:

GORE: ... here are the two objectives that we have to pursue simultaneously. Number one, get our troops out of there and home as quickly as possible.

Secondly, do it in a way that honors our nation's moral obligation, which all of us have, regardless of whether we opposed or supported the invasion. We have a moral obligation not to make an already terrible situation even worse in the manner of our leaving.

But there is evidence that in some areas, indeed, the violence could get worse if we precipitously pulled out in the wrong way. But there's evidence in much of the country that the continued presence of the troops is a magnet for violence aimed at them. And the overall continued deterioration of Iraq and the -- what appears to be the real failures of the government in place there create a set of options that are really awful. So...

KING: So what's the less -- what's the -- all right. You're president. How do you get...

GORE: We need to get our troops home as quickly as possible.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0705/22/lkl.01.html