Gov. Bill Richardson on Countdown with Keith Olbermann

A Presidential candidate talks sense:

Richardson: “….and the conclusion is there is no military solution to this war, there’s a political solution and we’re losing that window. This is why I am for getting all of our troops out, every single one. No residual forces. Within eight months to a year, as rapidly as possible according to what our military believes is most effective and safe for our troops. But this - we’re losing time to create a political settlement and you can’t have that political settlement in Iraq, or a Muslim peace-keeping force headed by the U.N., or a rebuilding of Iraq until all of our troops are out. And Senator Clinton wants to keep 75,000 there beyond 2013, so does Senator Obama. The issue is do we end the war now, or do we want to just change the mission as some in the Democratic primary want to do?

Richardson also talks of the "new cold war" that Bush is starting with Russia. Bush ripped up treaties and is now horrified that Russia is threatening to do the same. Those pesky Ruskies! Who do they think they are?

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