They're sitting ducks: Ted K rips Bush for keeping troops in Iraq

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Boston Herald

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, launching a new Democratic offensive against President Bush, yesterday charged the White House with taking the nation to war under false pretenses, leaving U.S. troops in postwar Iraq as ``sitting ducks.''

``It's a disgrace that the case for war seems to have
been based on shoddy intelligence, hyped intelligence and even false intelligence,'' Kennedy said in a speech to the Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies. ``All the evidence points to the conclusion that they put a spin on the intelligence and a spin on the truth.''

Kennedy's fellow Bay State Sen. John F. Kerry, a 2004 White House contender, will take up the charge today with a major speech to firefighters and police in New York City questioning whether Americans are safer than they were before Bush took office.

The one-two punch from the state's two prominent senators reflects mounting criticism among emboldened Democrats over Bush's handling of the war and his credibility on national security. ---

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1. "Sitting Ducks" "bring 'em ON!!!!!!!!!!!!"

A complete lack of planning as the Senator said.