John McCain Said...

[sabang]

The Mccain campaign is not slow to remind us of the prescience exhibited by John in his steadfast resistance to the war. In a very divided US, it is electorally a unifying message, able to appeal to swing voters and disgruntled Dem's, whereas the GOP faithful will vote for John regardless. As the good Senator said to CNN's Kiran Chetry, in August of 2007, "I was the greatest critic of the initial four years, three-and-a half years."


So heres another few comments John made about the invasion and occupation of Iraq :-

How would American troops be greeted?: "I believe… that the Iraqi people will greet us as liberators." (March 20, 2003)

Did Saddam Hussein have a nuclear program that posed an imminent threat to the United States?: "Saddam Hussein is on a crash course to construct a nuclear weapon." (October 10, 2002)

Will a war with Iraq be long or short?: "This conflict is… going to be relatively short." (March 23, 2003)

How is the war going?: "I would argue that the next three to six months will be critical." (September 10, 2003)

How is it going (almost two months later, from the war's "greatest critic")? "I think the initial phases of [the war] were so spectacularly successful that it took us all by surprise." (October 31, 2003)

Is this war really necessary?: "Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war." (August 30, 2004)

How is it going? (Recurring question for the war's "greatest critic"): "We will probably see significant progress in the next six months to a year." (December 4, 2005)

Will the President's "surge" of troops into Baghdad and surrounding areas that the senator had been calling for finally make the difference?: "We can know fairly well [whether the surge is working] in a few months." (February 4, 2007)


In April 2007, in Baghdad- "Things are better and there are encouraging signs. I've been here many times over the years. Never have I been able to drive from the airport. Never have I been able to go out into the city as I was today. The American people are not getting the full picture of what's happening here today."

The next evening, NBC's Nightly News provided further details on that "stroll." The Senator and Congressmen were accompanied by "100 American soldiers, with three Blackhawk helicopters, and two Apache gunships overhead." (In addition, the network said, still photographs provided by the military revealed that McCain and his colleagues had been wearing body armor during their entire stroll.)


Perhaps in 2008 the surge will, indeed, turn out to be the turning point to end all turning points. After all, Senator McCain has staked his campaign on it.

Tomgram: Cerf and Navasky, The McCain Touch

[raycarey]

and just last week, here's another gem from the foreign policy and military expert....

"I can tell you that it is succeeding. I can look you in the eye and tell you it's succeeding. We have drawn down to pre-surge levels.

whoops.

there are 25,000 more US troops in iraq than before the escalation.

McCain Asserts Return to Pre-Surge Iraq Troop Levels | The Trail | washingtonpost.com

[S Landreth]

McCain also said this,...............................




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