McCain indicates U.S. troops could withdraw in 2 years

[Ichingcarpenter]

Source: Reuters

BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain appeared to leave a door open on Monday to a large-scale drawdown of U.S. troops from Iraq in the next two years.

McCain, who has wrapped up his party's White House nomination, has long argued against setting a timetable for U.S. troop withdrawal.

After a meeting with former President George H.W. Bush, McCain was asked whether it was conceivable for U.S. troops to be fully pulled out of Iraq in about two years.

"I think they could be largely withdrawn," the Arizona senator replied, citing the success of the "surge" strategy of increasing U.S. troop levels in increasing security in the country.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2136345520080722?rpc=64

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[babylonsister]

1. Boy, he's sounding like another candidate. Hmmm... nt

[Webster Green]

2. So, he's trimmed 88 years off his previous plan..

He has flip-flopped to Obama's position. :smoke:

[truthisfreedom]

13. 98?

[Webster Green]

21. Oh yeah, don't know what i was thinking..

I always did stink at math, but that was really stupid. :P

[Tutonic]

23. Using Cheney math.

[DFW]

3. McCain must have seen some poll and freaked

Seeing as how he has no clue whatsoever what constitutes "winning," (his stated goal),
and seeing as how both Iraq and most of America wants us out, gee do you think he might
be starting to listen to the voters instead of Karl Rove and Dick Cheney? Naaaah, must
be some kind of coincidence, or else he was having a bad hair day, or something......

The BIG loser in this is.......Joe Lieberman!! If McCain abandons his previous stance
and adopts Obama's position, the only one left with McCain's position is not even McCain,
but Joe Lieberman, who at this point would lose an election for dog catcher to Bob Barr.

[Skittles]

4. meaning, the election is getting closer n/t

[tridim]

5. In other words, "I forfeit".

Sounds good to me.

[jarjarbing]

6. Obama's pressure is working

It is because of Obama's continuous call for withdrawal that McCain is now on the defensive, and feels compelled to call for shorter prescence in Iraq for the troops. Good.

[caledesi]

11. I agree! NT

[Bozita]

7. Not a timeline. Nor a timetable. Not even a time horizon. How about a time rainbow?

Senator StraightTalk walks a crooked walk.

[caledesi]

12. Good One! NT

[Bozita]

18. His time rainbow would make any exit between 2009 and 2109 a clairvoyant bullseye for McCain.

I'll say it now and up front.

McCain's a fucking genius!!II!

[TwilightGardener]

8. Wow. Fahhh-LIPP! Fahhh-LOPP!

Like a landed trout on a hot dock.

[Joanne98]

9. Flipper Flipper faster than lightning!!!!!!!!!!

[fascisthunter]

10. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

oh yes, McCain, you did it again, you phony whore for the top 1%..

[Dr.Phool]

14. FLIP

[Dr.Phool]

17. FLOP

[JackORoses]

15. John McCain just surrendered this Election

His one issue was National Security.
Iraq was key to this.

Now he has just totally undermined his credibility and betrayed all those who supported him because he refused all timetables.

[truthisfreedom]

16. It's impossible to keep track of his position ... He's a fucking moving target!

Every article says something different!

[MannyGoldstein]

19. McCain Is A Very In-artful Liar

Really poor compared to some former Presidents.

[gratuitous]

20. It's NOT a flip-flop, so stop saying that!

Obama's just engaging in more pre-emptive copycatting, that's what it is. See, Obama knew that McThuselah was going to radically alter his position on troop withdrawals because McThuselah is a foreign policy genius. So Obama, who doesn't know anything about anything, pre-emptively copied what he knew McThuselah was going to do, and made it look like he thought of it first, when he really didn't. See? Arrest my case!

[Bozita]

22. McThuselah's gonna study our internet plumbing system. From his plane. Then make recommendations.

He wants to get all of those Googles out of there.

[Mark E. Smith]

24. Let's All Sing Along!

http://www.barbneal.com/wav/tvthemes/flipper.wav

[alcibiades_mystery]

25. Tacked a whole 8 months on to Obama's long-standing plan

If he's talking about FROM TODAY, as opposed to from inauguration day, then that works out to......

.......oh..................


........i dunno.............



19 months.




Instead of Obama's 16 months.



What a fucking tool McCain is.