John Edwards actually said...

If you keep military bases in Iraq, you are continuing the occupation. The occupation must end, as respects Al-Qaeda public enemy number one, they're responsible for about 10 percent of the violence according to the reports.

Context

John Edwards argues that maintaining military bases in Iraq constitutes a continuation of the occupation, which he believes exacerbates the situation.

01/14/2008

https://transcripts.cnn.com...

More John Edwards Quotes

Somewhere in America, a mother sits at her kitchen table. She can't sleep because she's worried. She can't pay her bills.
10/4/2004
The next president of the United States, John Kerry.
10/4/2004
There couldn't be a starker contrast. I do not have the same view. I do not have the same view of the world as Dick Cheney.
10/4/2004
This president needs to get out of fantasyland and come back.
10/4/2004

View All John Edwards Quotes