The Flip Flopper on Iraq? McCain
Posted July 8, 2008 08:53 PM (EST)
You'd think with all the media consternation with the non-existent "flip flop" of Obama on Iraq (you know, the one where he didn't change his position at all), reporters would be blowing their stack at the true flip flop from John McCain on Iraq.
Late yesterday, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki said it's time for the US to leave, or set a timetable to leave.
There you have it. The Iraqis are basically telling the US that they endorse Obama's policy -- they want us to set a timetable to bring the troops home. John McCain in 2004 said we'd respect such a request, telling the Council on Foreign Relations:
Well, if that scenario evolves than I think it's obvious that we would have to leave because -- if it was an elected government of Iraq, and we've been asked to leave other places in the world. If it were an extremist government then I think we would have other challenges, but I don't see how we could stay when our whole emphasis and policy has been based on turning the Iraqi government over to the Iraqi people.
I just checked the McCain campaign website, and so far, he hasn't announced today that he will respect the sovereign government of Iraq, and adjust his Iraq policy to include a timeline for bringing troops home.
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Okay Mr. McCain we're waiting...
theteach
4 comments:
Teach: Now that's laying down the law, let's see what McCaine does now.
His 'however long it takes or 100 yrs' remark was Bushism at its best ...
Grrrrrr
:-Daryl
if you lived in utah, they would say, it is none of your damned business how mc cain handles iraq, whether he stays a hundred years, kills another 40,000 men, and spends another 12 trillion dollars or doesn't, it is all up to him as commander in cheif, and if he wants to play god with iraqies lifes, the so be it, you jus butt out....oh thanks for visiting my boy dan but do not, i repeat do NOT go on blazes blog because tony has hores shit on his boots and is RE PUB LIKE ANN
Well, 100 years is a time line...
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