John Kerry appeared on Meet the Press this morning to defend his call for a troop pull out in Iraq. I must say he did really well even with Russert trying to nail him as flip-flopping on the issue.

Kerry brought up one very interesting point that merits repeating. The following is a rough transcript of what he said:

KERRY: The President has said our troops will stand down as the Iraqi forces stand up. We have a target of 270,000 Iraqi forces in Iraq and currently the administration says there are 240,000 forces trained. If we are only 30,000 away from the goal then why are our troops not standing down?

This is a real interesting point and one that has had me thinking for the past hour. When the media reports that there are not enough Iraqi troops trained then the administration starts bashing the media. They say they are not telling the truth or “exaggerating” the news. We still have over 130,000 troops in Iraq and sent 700 more over because the UK has pulled out 800. This truly shows that the President is either a) lying about the progress being made or b) lying about our goals. What ever the case it is resulting in tragic losses for our forces and we do need to start pulling out.