April 29:
UPDATE: The article below appears in today’s paper with this headline:
Third-party candidates: Bring troops home
The incumbent: Hatch says an immediate Iraq pullout is irresponsible, and calls Bush’s decision to invade ‘wise’
The Salt Lake Tribune updated its online site this afternoon with an article about the debate tomorrow night: Leaving Iraq: Pros and Cons
Article Last Updated: 4/28/2006 02:59 PM
Update: Senate candidates’ Iraq views clash
By Matt Canham
The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune
If Dave Starr Seely were to become Utah’s next U.S. senator he would vote to immediately end the war in Iraq and bring U.S. troops home.
“It is time to just bow out of it as quickly as possible,” said the Libertarian candidate. “This war has proven to be the biggest terrorist recruiting effort ever.”
Constitution Party candidate Scott Bradley also would vote for a complete troop withdrawal, as would Desert Greens candidate Julian Hatch and Roger Price of the Personal Choice party.
But none of these men are expected to become Utah’s next senator. And the man who will most likely retain that seat could not have a more contrary view.
“It is irresponsible to make any declaration of withdrawal,” said Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, who is seeking to win his sixth term in office this November. Hatch not only disagrees with these third-party candidates but questioned the courage of those who side with them. “If we just have the guts to continue we will be effective in establishing one of the only representative governments in the Middle
East,” Hatch said.
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