Can Kerry convince Europe to deploy troops in Iraq

[Mort from NewYawk]

The subject of this thread is based on the assumption that John Kerry WANTS to convince Europe to deploy troops.

Oh sure, that was the first flavor he chose for his Iraq policy, because he thought that bashing Bush on U.S. unilateralism could gain him the critical voter confidence that he is a viable Commander-in-Chief. However, that strategy, like all the others he's deployed, failed to get him above 35-40% confidence on this issue.

The newest flavor (the 4-year withdrawal plan) is much closer to what Kerry would like to do. After all, he built a career on pushing for U.S. withdrawals, at least we know he's comfortable with it.

No need to get agitated with Jacques and Gerhard over fighting those crazy bastards in Iraq. The timetable for withdrawal would make for much more pleasant conversation for John and Teresa when they sit with the Chiracs and the Schroeders over fine wine and puff pastries.