Posted on 09/04/2008 2:01:50 PM PDT by montag813
Hey Obama was “present” again
What would Iraq be like, today, if our troops had been withdrawn too soon because of pressure from the Left?
The moonbats won’t like this.
See a pattern....Any one else have some stuff like this...
He opposed the surge before he was in favor of it.
You have to remember that Democrats take it on faith that the only reason John McCain advocated for the surge was because bloodlust was driving him to kill. They really do believe that McCain was just out to drive up the body count, and got lucky along the way.
HA!
Actually O’Reilly crawled to Obambi in agreeing to do it tonight ... McCains night at th RNC!
Give him a break.
The surge is above his pay grade.
Gen. Petraeus, Pres. Bush, Sen. McCain, all anticipated success. And it wasn’t “Beyond “Wildest Dreams”.
You were wrong again, Barak
McCain Calls For Escalation In Iraq, Wants 20,000 More Troops On The Ground
Today, [October 27, 2006 - Yo-Yo] Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) called for sending 20,000 more troops to Iraq. The AP reports:
Republican Sen. John McCain, a possible 2008 presidential candidate, said Friday the United States should send another 20,000 troops to Iraq.
A member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, McCain said increasing U.S. forces would require expanding the standing Army and Marine Corps - a step the Bush administration has resisted. […]
”Another 20,000 troops in Iraq, but that means expanding the Army and the Marine Corps,” he said.
1) No troops to send. “Sending more troops to Iraq would, at the moment, threaten to break our nation’s all-volunteer Army and undermine our national security.” McCain suggests enlarging the force to send them to Iraq, an idea that is implausible to carry out over the short-term and would damage the military’s ability to recruit over the long-term.Phased withdrawal is gaining consensus as the last best option for Iraq. A growing group of experts — including the Iraq Study Group and host of conservative senators — are consolidating behind a redeployment. 63 percent of Americans believe Congress should set a timetable.
2) The insurgency would grow more inflamed. “A more visible presence of U.S. troops risks further stoking the flames of the insurgency by feeding perceptions of long-term U.S. occupation among many Iraqis.” The recent effort to increase troop numbers in Baghdad has only increased violence. A recent poll of Iraqis indicated that support for attacks on US-led forces has grown to a majority position — now six in ten — a number sure to increase if more U.S. troops are put on the ground.
“I think that the surge has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated” -Barack Obama
ONE MAN anticipated it — JOHN S. McCAIN!
McCain needs to work the answer to this into his acceptance speech tonight.
My opponent has a problem which is common to many without experience— he shuts out information and possibilities and makes decisions based on that limited information. In the case of Obama, he magnifies this problem by projecting his limited worldview onto others.
I ALWAYS WAS CONVINCED THAT THE SURGE WAS A WINNING STRATEGY, OR I WOULD NOT HAVE SUPPORTED IT. I was willing to lose an election instead of losing the War, but I knew that I would be proven right and NOW I EXPECT TO WIN BOTH THE WAR ON TERROR AND THE PRESIDENCY...
I only HOPE AND PRAY McCain doesn't undo this gift we've been given by the clown (BHMO) by saying something stupid tonight like "reaching across the isle"
“Our” meaning liberal idiot Dems. Can't think, can't plan, can't master. You can't even pretend to stuff this empty suit anymore. Petraeus’ plan, now THAT was thinking.
Ladies and gentlemen, we must work our butts off this fall to make sure this man never, ever steps one foot inside the Oval Office.
Way to have confidence in the American soldier, Mr. Community Organizer. Bite me!!!
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