In an interview with National Public Radio, Senator John Kerry announced that he did not intend to send more troops to Iraq, even if his generals said more were needed.
But [Kerry] virtually closed the door on sending additional US troops to Iraq if he has no success in his plan to replace some of the 140,000 US personnel with soldiers from other countries and Iraqi security forces.
"I do not intend to increase troops," said the Massachusetts senator, running in the November 2 election to unseat President George W. Bush.[...]
But the Democrat's staunch refusal to consider sending more US troops contrasted with his remarks in a televised interview in April, when he also spoke of resistance among US allies to putting boots on the ground in Iraq.
"If it requires more troops in order to create the stability that eliminates the chaos that can provide the groundwork for other countries, that's what we have to do," he said on NBC's Meet the Press.
So there it is, a flip-flop. Now, Kerry won't send more troops to Iraq, even if his generals say more are needed.
That seems like a fairly plain admission that he's not willing to do everything that might be necessary to win in Iraq.
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