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McCain believes Iraq war can be won by 2013
AP on Yahoo ^ | 5/15/08 | Glen Johnson - ap

Posted on 05/15/2008 1:13:57 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

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in a mystical speech..

uh, yeah.

mystical. right.

1 posted on 05/15/2008 1:13:58 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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“It’s not a timetable; it’s victory. It’s victory, which I have always predicted. I didn’t know when we were going to win World War II; I just knew we were going to win,” McCain said.

I’m sorry folks, I know politicians like to run their chops, especially when they need to grab the spotlight, but if Maliki can not clean house in another year or two as his forces build-up and take the fight to insurgents even more so than to date, this is just so much,, well, you know..

We all want to “win” and as soon as possible, well, except for those across the aisle and on the left, they still long for a defeat... but we all know, it is an election year after all, they need to act tough.


2 posted on 05/15/2008 1:19:48 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline—1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
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...said only a small number of troops would remain in Iraq by the end of a prospective first term because al-Qaida will have been defeated and Iraq's government will be functioning on its own

Oh, I am going to get so slammed for saying this, but how many times have we heard Bush say essentially the same thing? "Soon, soon, soon..."

I just don't think we can expect Iraq to have a government that can function on its own in the foreseeable future.

3 posted on 05/15/2008 1:20:53 PM PDT by mngran2
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To: NormsRevenge

McCain is already kicking the can to the Next Guy.


4 posted on 05/15/2008 1:21:19 PM PDT by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
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To: NormsRevenge

The Iraq war was won a long time ago. We’re now fighting Iran and Al Qaeda in the place where they need to be fought - over there.


5 posted on 05/15/2008 1:22:21 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (It's a fine line between Guardian Angel and Stalker.)
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I just don’t think we can expect Iraq to have a government that can function on its own in the foreseeable future.

Quite frankly, I think they are finally realizing that they can call shots and get things done.. and the situation from a democracy standpoint is in a lot better shape than ever. jmo. Maliki is to be commended for standing strong. (Notice how the media does all they can to avoid reporting such news.)


6 posted on 05/15/2008 1:23:32 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline—1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
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Won’t that be about a year late?


7 posted on 05/15/2008 1:25:53 PM PDT by stuartcr (Election year.....Who we gonna hate, in '08?)
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To: NormsRevenge

“I just don’t think we can expect Iraq to have a government that can function on its own in the foreseeable future.”

I’m just hoping we still have one!


8 posted on 05/15/2008 1:26:42 PM PDT by dblshot
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To: NormsRevenge
McCain believes Iraq war can be won by 2013

As far as the Dems are concerned, it may as well be 100 years. And if they want to talk mystics, it may end in 2012 if the Mayan calendar is right.

9 posted on 05/15/2008 1:28:07 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: NormsRevenge

McCain assumes he’s going to be the next president-elect in the Fall, but the way he’s directing the Republican party today, it’s becoming less and less of a certainty that he will be the president-elect in November because no matter what, he seems to grate on the minds of Conservatives everywhere.


10 posted on 05/15/2008 1:28:38 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
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Could have been won a couple of years ago had we been FIGHTING it AS a WAR.

As it is, it's Nation Building and we've never had very good success at that.

11 posted on 05/15/2008 1:29:28 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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Third party. Definitely.


12 posted on 05/15/2008 1:30:09 PM PDT by Lexington Green (The GOP has a new base. No conservatives need apply.)
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He was wrong about Kosovo. He wanted ground troops, remember?

March 25, 1999
‘’These bombs are not going to do the job,’’ said Senator John McCain of Arizona, a Republican who was a naval pilot in the Vietnam War. ‘’It’s almost pathetic. You’re just going to solidify the determination of the Serbs to resist a peace agreement.

‘’You’d have to drop the bridges and turn off the lights in Belgrade to have even a remote chance of changing Milosevic’s mind,’’ he said. ‘’What you’ll get is all the old Vietnam stuff, bombing pauses, escalation, negotiations, trouble.’’

Mr. McCain, who is expected to announce his candidacy for President next month, said the Administration was caught with unpalatable alternatives — bombing, which he said ‘’has never worked without ground forces,’’ and the use of ground forces, which he said had little support on Capitol Hill or in the nation as a whole.

‘’Many Republicans have criticized the Democrat president for a failure of resolve over the Kosovo crisis and in other earlier foreign policy crises like Bosnia and Iraq.Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, insists the United States should be preparing its troops for a ground war in case that option became necessary.McCain was one of a number of members of Congress travelling to Brussels and Aviano, Italy with Defense Secretary William Cohen in the next three days to meet top NATO leaders and visit U.S. forces involved in the operations.
http://www.alb-net.com/kcc/index24-1.htm


13 posted on 05/15/2008 1:31:08 PM PDT by AuntB (Vote Obama! ..........Because ya can't blame 'the man' when you are the 'man'.... Wanda Sikes)
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To: NormsRevenge

McLame’s global warming comments have made me decide to leave the Presidental ballot blank, or vote for Ron Paul. Gad, did I just say that....?


14 posted on 05/15/2008 1:39:00 PM PDT by AxelPaulsenJr (God Bless George W. Bush)
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Oh, I am going to get so slammed for saying this, but how many times have we heard Bush say essentially the same thing? "Soon, soon, soon..." I just don't think we can expect Iraq to have a government that can function on its own in the foreseeable future.

Ummm .... You mean like Western Europe after World War II and South Korea after the Korean War?

Even Israel does not stand by itself in the defense arena. Every major Istraeli war requires a massive U.S. logistics operation.

Operation Nickel Grass

15 posted on 05/15/2008 1:42:56 PM PDT by Polybius
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He should have boasted of flying cars that drive themselves, computer chip implants to add memory to the human brain, a cure for cancer, and a new food supply: soilent green. All by 2013!!!


16 posted on 05/15/2008 1:49:01 PM PDT by Fox_Mulder77
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To: NormsRevenge

I want a Republican primary do-over-——the guy is nuts, illustrating that the commies really are good at washing brains.


17 posted on 05/15/2008 1:50:43 PM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: AxelPaulsenJr

Yeah, you did, I am joining you though! LOL


18 posted on 05/15/2008 1:51:24 PM PDT by dforest (I had almost forgotten that McCain is the nominee. Too bad I was reminded.)
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To: dblshot

“I just don’t think we can expect Iraq to have a government that can function on its own in the foreseeable future.”

I’m just hoping we still have one!

Oh we’ll have a government alright, way more than we ever could imagine!


19 posted on 05/15/2008 1:57:34 PM PDT by SkiKnee (It snows, therefore I ski.)
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To: NormsRevenge

A Politician making a Military prediction? Yeesh.


20 posted on 05/15/2008 2:06:41 PM PDT by WarToad
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