“Non-sequitur questions”
No, Iraq has great importance to our national security. Since the two candidates have completely different plans regarding Iraq, who do you believe has a better plan? McCain, who want to continue the successful Petreaus strategy, or Obama, who want to retreat, leaving Iraq to Iran and al-Qaeda?
The large majority of Guantanamo Bay detainees today are in the same shoes as the German prisoners were 50 years ago. They are being held outside of the United States[18] for acts committed in Afghanistan, the location of most combatants’ capture. As such, the detainees have no right to the extraordinary writ.
First of all McCain is entirely untrustworthy on anything and everything. Secondly, neither of them, nor anyone else who occupies the WH, is going to pull out of Iraq. That won’t happen. Thirdly, by the time the next President is sworn in Iraq will largely be a victorious situation, both on the ground and in the press.