Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Saturday called for a new mission authorised by the United Nations to help rebuild Iraq, with a NATO security force under US command keeping order. Kerry said President George W Bush had failed to lay out a strategy for winning the peace in Iraq and said US troops in Iraq âare paying the price for a flawed policy.â
âThe president may not want to admit mistakes, but his choices in Iraq have so far produced a tragedy of errors,â Kerry said in the weekly Democratic radio address. âStaying the course does not mean stubbornly holding to the wrong course.â Kerry touted a four-step plan for peace in Iraq that included more US troops combined with a UN mission to help rebuild Iraq and restore a democratic government. He also called for a NATO security force under an American commander to transform the military force in Iraq. Kerry called on President George W Bush to get rid of the âMade in Americaâ tag on the US-led occupation of Iraq in a new campaign attack. Kerry said Bush and other US leaders had to be âhonest with the American people about the difficulties we face in Iraqâ and more troops must be sent to secure Iraq. âRemoving that âMade In Americaâ label can send a message to Iraqi military and police that itâs time to do their jobs â not because America is telling them to, but because the world stands ready to help them secure a stable Iraq,â Kerry said. |