Posted on 11/21/2006 1:24:06 PM PST by shrinkermd
As Americans wonder when the troops will come home from Iraq, Republican White House hopeful John McCain is laying his first big bet of the 2008 campaign: demanding more soldiers for the war.
The US entanglement in Iraq is already driving the run-up to the next presidential polls, and barring a miracle peace, or abrupt US retreat, looks certain to become an even more potent issue.
Potential candidates are putting up trial balloons, as a committee of veteran Washington policymakers and a White House panel probe possible changes in US strategy as violence rages in the occupied country.
At first sight, McCain's position appears to jar with political logic, after the rout of his Republican Party in congressional elections two weeks ago, which exit polls showed were heavily influenced by dismay over Iraq.
It also contrasts sharply with the call of victorious Democrats for a phased withdrawal from Iraq.
"He doesn't necessarily believe that the signal that was sent in the mid-term elections was an endorsement of withdrawal, per se, as much as it was an endorsement of doing something differently," said Jamie McKown, professor of government at Maine's College of the Atlantic.
"That is a fine line to walk
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Of all USNA alumni, I just wish that Roger Staubach was in the news more than McCain and Jimmah Caata
We don't need more troops, we need an Iraqi government that will let our existing troops do their jobs.
Do you think MyBane knows deep down he's a tool?
Whomever the person was that approved him for the Naval Academy, they should be currently in a mental ward. But more than likely, they have already assumed room temperature.
Don't feel too bad...USMA has Wesley Clark to brood over (not that I'm an alum).
How do you count posts?
Crikey! I'm over 3000 posts...need to edit my tag line. Better yet, create a new one.
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