Debate Blogging

Kerry just said that he's heard that we are planning long-term bases in Iraq and that this is wrong. Bush butchered the answer. the answer should have been:

Senator Kerry is wrong. We currently have bases in Germany & Japan that have been crucial to our national security. They have been there since we defeated those nations in 1945, which in Germany's case toook seven years. We have been involved in security issues in the Mid-East since Iranian students took hostages for 444 days starting in 1979. we do not have enough bases in the Persian Gulf region and we always need forward strategic bases to react to critical situations and to protect our interests.