McCain: A ‘Pretty Good Timetable’

NYTines - Cacus Blog ^ | July 25, 2008 | Michael Cooper

[don-o]

First the Iraqi government gave Senator Barack Obama a boost by seeming to embrace his proposal for a 16-month timetable for withdrawing American troops from Iraq. But could Senator John McCain, who built his candidacy in large part on his opposition to a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, possibly be following suit?

“I think it’s a pretty good timetable,” Mr. McCain said Friday in an interview on CNN’s “The Situation Room,’’ before adding that it should be based “on the conditions on the ground.’’

For months Mr. McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, has railed against setting timetables for withdrawing from Iraq, and has criticized Mr. Obama, his Democratic rival, for suggesting one.

[don-o]

I thought McCain was smarter than this.

[PajamaTruthMafia]

Here's the video.

[AuntB]

????

It appears the only thing John won’t change his mind on is Amnesty...YES, what he wants is Amnesty, no matter what his minions call it. Reminds me of the left calling abortion ‘choice’.
A rose is a rose.....

[enough_idiocy]

Why isn’t anyone listening to the people who actually know what they’re talking about?

http://patterico.com/2008/07/11/truthing-obamafuscations-part-4-of-a-continuing-series-through-november-abc-news-puts-the-16-month-iraq-withdrawal-under-the-microscope/

It’s not logistically feasible.

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/22/heather-wilson-mccain-wants-the-troops-home-sooner-than-16-months-if-possible/

youtube.com/?v=8qVUs01_EIE

Soldiers and other military officials in Iraq say a rapid withdrawal from the country simply is not feasible. ...
www.blogrunner.com/snapshot/D/6/2/us_considers_increasing_pace_of_iraq_pullout/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4q40ws2nSc

ABC News: Obama’s Iraq Plan: Mission Impossible?Jul 11, 2008 ... Obama’s Iraq Plan: Mission Impossible? ... two combat brigades each month, and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months. ...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/Story?id=5351864

Hot Air » Blog Archive » ABC: Obama’s Iraq plan “almost impossible ...Jul 11, 2008 ... ABC: Obama’s Iraq plan “almost impossible”; Update: Video added. ... on whether he will stick to his 16-month evacuation plan for Iraq, ...
hotair.com/archives/2008/07/11/abc-obamas-iraq-plan-almost-impossible/

Confederate Yankee: U.S. Commanders: Flapjack’s 16-Month ...Jul 11, 2008 ... U.S. Commanders: Flapjack’s 16-Month Withdrawal Plan Nearly Impossible ... O’Hanlon: Flapjack’s Position on Iraq “Height of Absurdity,” ...
confederateyankee.mu.nu/archives/268311.php

Obama’s Iraq Withdrawal Plan is Impossible - Commanders Say ...Military Commanders: Obama’s Plans For Iraq Would Be Impossible ... have asked before he announced his “I’ll get them out of Iraq in 16 months “ plan. ...
www.wikio.com/video/316294

YouTube - Obama’s Iraq Withdrawal Plan is ImpossibleJul 11, 2008 ... ABC News report finds that Obama’s plan to withdraw our troops from Iraq is impossible to execute. Category: News & Politics ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z4ba2KkIwI

WaPo Slams Obama Over Iraq · The American PunditJul 16, 2008 ... Commanders will likely tell him that a 16-month withdrawal is logistically impossible and Obama has yet to meet one-on-one with General ...
amerpundit.com/2008/07/16/wapo-slams-obama-over-iraq/

[flyfree]

NYT is parcing the quote. McCain said: "He said it's a pretty good timetable based on conditions on the ground. I think it's a pretty good timetable, as we should -- or horizons for withdrawal. But they have to be based on conditions on the ground."

Actually it was all one sentance, the NYT split it up

Video here.

It may be a blip amongst those who are political addicts, but other than that, it is nothing.

[flyfree]

By the way, I don’t think it is physically doable in 16mo.

[don-o]

They do what they do. We are hip to all that.

My point is why does McCain even go there? It’s like he’s shoring up Obama’s ever evaporating credibility.

[enough_idiocy]

It’s not. See links in post 4.

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[JessieHelmsJr]

Wait till the ad comes out. McCain is an idiot.

[JessieHelmsJr]

Looks like a John Kerry moment.

[G.Love]

I don’t think McCain is an idiot. I just don’t think he wants to win.

[Logical me]

No timetable should be considered unless permanent US bases are granted in Iraq. An these bases should not be a token, but fully air and combat ready troops. If Iraq does not agree, then a stern warning that if the insurgents or a war should break out with the likes of Iran, they get no help.

[exit82]

Evidently he’s not.

He should not even be using the word “timetable”. The MSM has made that a Dem codeword.

He is so flawed.

[King of Florida]

Looks like a John Kerry moment.

I'll say. He voted against the timetable before he voted for it.

[cpanter]

I don’t see the big deal, except that the msm is going to run with it. He can’t lett himself get cornered by the likes of Wolf Blitzer.

When the troops come home, the dems will get credit no matter when it happens.

[don-o]

He is so flawed.

Now, there is a misunderstatement if I ever saw one!