Breaking: McCain DOES NOT want to keep troops in Iraq for a hundred years

[EarlG]

He wants to keep them in Iraq for ten million years.

McCain's style might give him an edge here, where he won the 2000 primary by 19 percentage points over then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush. Earlier Thursday, he engaged in a spirited exchange with a voter who challenged him to explain what he hopes the U.S. military will accomplish in Iraq and when he would bring the troops home.

"I do not believe one U.S. soldier being killed every day is success," said Dave Tiffany, who described himself as a full-time anti-war activist. He demanded to know from McCain "how long you want us to be there."

The two went back and forth several times, with McCain insisting that what matters most is ending American casualties, not their presence in Iraq. He said he would be fine with keeping troops in Iraq for decades as long as they weren't being harmed, similar to the arrangements that exist in South Korea, Japan and other countries.

"A thousand years. A million years. Ten million years," McCain said. "It depends on the arrangement we have with the Iraqi government."

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hAde02vvWBelbUJpfyBXxi7SVUGAD8TUQ2N80

:crazy:

[Demeter]

1. Only 99 Years, 11.9 months

[TwilightGardener]

2. Whew! For a minute there I thought we were headed for a precipitous withdrawal.

[MrCoffee]

3. by then, the ones who already died will be new oil, just waiting to be pumped out of the ground

[Scurrilous]

19. LOL

Good one! :thumbsup:

[Buzz Clik]

4. And I thought DUers were getting a tad nutsy. .

Jesu! Talk about the silly season.

[meegbear]

5. Flip-flopper!

[Renew Deal]

6. If Obama is going after McCain independents, he should point this out.

Though he needs to be careful.

[onehandle]

7. Not good enough. Think big!

Ten KAJILLION Years!

[bdamomma]

8. I take offense with his last comment.

we invaded these people.

[LynneSin]

9. Come on - let's just make them our 51st state - that'll go over real well

:eyes:

[dave123williams]

10. Well, that begs the question, Senator: how are you planning to pay for a thousand years in Iraq?

[rucky]

11. Banzai! n/t

[THUNDER HANDS]

12. 10 million years, huh?

I mean, come on, that's like the combined age of McCain AND Thompson.

[jgraz]

13. I get the feeling that someone just made this week's Top 10 Conservative Idiots list

just a hunch...

[yardwork]

14. Oh. Well, that's ok then.

[MrMickeysMom]

15. What a MORAN!

[robbedvoter]

16. That's a relief! I was worried that in year 101 they'll follow us home!

Now we're really, really safe!

[sinkingfeeling]

17. So tell me, John, should any country besides the USA have self-determination? Sovereignty?

[arewenotdemo]

18. Incredible. What a fool.

They'll never stop being targets while there, and that old fool wants them to stay forever.

I'm going to start hoping he wins the Repuke nomination, cause there's no way in hell he could win the GE, not making idiotic statements like that.

[NoPasaran]

20. Even Hitler only promised a Thousand Year Reich

Obviously, he was a piker.