McCain also said that the AMNESTY BILL that he and Ted Kennedy tried to ram through congress last year 'WOULDN'T COME UP AGAIN". That is a lie because they are drafting a NEW AMNESTY BILL as we speak. McCain is a bold-faced liar.

Obama wants to pull them out of Iraq and into Afghanistan, Pakistan, and even IRAN... can you say "shell game?"

the trail is always littered with the mindless droppings of the horses ###..

My buddy just retired from the National Guard after several tours over in Iraq and Afghanistan. His unit got home last fall, and now it's being sent to Kosovo. KOSOVO. And people claim we're not trying to be the world's policeman?

What the Iraq war supporters don't understand is this: getting out NOW is not "cutting and running" (please stop employing such an overused phrase). It's just an acknowledgment that the Iraqis are failing to live up to their end of the bargain. They quite obviously do not want "democracy" as much as some people had hoped.

If they did, they'd be fighting for it, tooth and nail, just like our founders did. They're not doing that, so why should we waste our blood and treasure on them?

At 500 billion and counting when will the US start to see a return on the investment. 100 years they won't have any oil left and we don't need sand. We are safe from al Qaeda, Saddam was a pain to the US but its doubtful he would of made friends with al Qaeda - which could of made him the lesser of two evils. The people are free, maybe to murder each other as they have been doing for the past 3 plus years. To bad we stuck our face into a hornets nest like Iraq. Its too bad we let Politicians and lawyers run (ruin) the war. Its too bad that our politicians don't start taking away the feeding tube (money) from the Iraqi's and make them stand on their own two feet. The money would be better spent in the US where it originated.

So McCain which is it? one time it's going to be an extended war and now it's going to end soon. You notice we haven't forgot.

cynic

I got the feeling that we are going to be there for a long time whether at a base way out in the desert or stayin the course. It'll be longer with McCain than maybe Clinton.

I also get the feeling that these politicians aren't leveling with the public (especially Clinton and now maybe McCain based on this post, but remains to be said) about our future commitment in Irak.

And cynic says:

"The trouble with the current pres is he thinks he is above the law." Well, maybe, but at least he ain't shy about letting everyone know where he stands on Irak.

These other guys, I am not so sure about.

George W. McCain, the lobbyists' best friend in Washington, flip-flopper, hot-head and possible philanderer, now is attempting to backpedal on Iraq.

NO WAY, McCain -- you OWN it. Deal with it.

Just say NO to neocon warmongers, flip floppers and lobbyist lovers.

Just say NO to McCain.

The guy's a crackpot. I have enormous respect for the senator until he opens his mouth and the nonsense pours forth. He spent too much time in Hanoi Hilton and was warped (just like anyone else would be who suffered that).

Doesn't really mater which of the "big three" get elected. We're ALL screwed no matter what.

Did you see the news story today about the Bush-McCain Republicans wanting to keep 140,000 troops in Iraq indefinitely, even though we only had 130,000 troops there before the allegedly "temporary" surge?

These people are fraudulent, immoral and duplicitous beyond belief. Every one of them ought to be brought up on charges for lying to Congress. Another neocon shell game, plain and simple.

And John McCain is just another lousy, duplicitous neocon, like Bush.

backpedal much? Total BS. He wohn't give a time table and it will always be just over the horizon. Iraq is not Korea. We've had a presence in Korea because there is a border to be defended.

I hope Dems will play ad nauseam the clip where McCain joyfully belts out to the Barbara Ann tune:
"
Bomb Bomb Bomb,
Bomb bomb Iran...
"

Iraqu is old nes - they've got to make it clear that this guy is going to go to war with Iran.
Like that's just what our economy needs.

Here's some food for thought...we have 140,000 troops in Iraq (just US), there are approximately 27,499,638 Iraqis. This equals 1 US troop per 200 Iraqis. My goodness if we had those ratios in the US for police to citizens we could probably have a "Surge" that worked against crime here too and we wouldn't need prisons. Right the surge is working! 100 more years! By the way, who is going to pay for this??

McCain: While his Reform Institute was taking in donations in hundreds of thousands of dollars from Companies that were LOBBYING the Senate Commerce Committee, McCain was a member of that same Senate Commerce Committee. In 2005 year when it was reported that he might be up to 4 years of violation of his 'MCCAIN-FEINGOLD ACT' (he co-authored in 2002), he severed his ties with his Non profit Reform Institute which he founded in 2001. After that, McCain did what all Republicans do, BLAMED THE MEDIA. We need change. The only way to have Real Change is to move away from the OLD POLITICS. Obama08

Yeah, We knew that. So what's your point? The US will have troops defending other countries while our open borders are eliminated and Mexicans get amnesty and Canadians send troops here during civil (read: "United States Citizens") unrest. Meanwhile you will tax us into poverty to pay for it, while selling us down the road to whatever lobbyist has good legs or the most money.
That's why we don't want you. Thank you for clearing things up.

I respect McCain, but I don't believe he has the tact or understanding to deal with Iraq in the right way.

I mean, how do you kill an ideology?

General George S. Pattons once wrote:

“To be a successful soldier you must know history. Read it objectively—dates and even the minute details of tactics are useless. What you must know is how man reacts. Weapons change but man who uses them changes not at all."

I respect John McCain but, in Senator McCain I see a great hero who struggles to maintain his composure. I see a Candidate who has shown time and again how he loses his presence of mind and temper over little things that are out of his control. I see a Candidate who could lead us to premature preemptive action when delicate diplomacy is required. I see a Candidate who will make a tense situation worse. I see a Candidate who needs a staff to manage him. How can we have a President who struggles to handle the little things and think he will somehow be different facing Vladmir Putin or Ahmadenajad?