1. Quiet your bleeding heart. There are plenty of other dictators we could have stopped. Theres genocide happening in Sudan right now, AIDS are killing millions in Africa, and Russia is crushing a freedom resistance. Those are all worthy causes, much more so than Saddam. He was an oppressor, there was no genocide.
2. The goal was Osama, thats what we supported. We were duped into Iraq with fear. Now, I think, we're too thin to protect ourselves from anybody.
3. Kerrys plan is a little more indepth than that. You can find it at any bookstore:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1586483145/002-6105396-4580863?v=glance
4. The draft bill was actually written by a couple of Democrats who immediately voted it down. It was a symbolic gesture to the nation. Think of it as the lefty version of the gay-marriage amendment to the constitution that was heavily voted down when everyone knew that it wouldn't pass.
Im sorry your friend is pushing his agendy so hard on you, its gotta suck. I don't like to hear my friends try to change me either, but it has given me the motivation to look around a little bit more and try to see where they are coming from. I don't hate Reps, I think they are doing what they think is best for everyone. Unfortunately, I disagree with their choice of leadership and parts of their agenda. Hopefully you'll find a way of seeing past his conviction into his motivations and forgive him for his zeal.