McCain Surrogate: He Might Withdraw From Iraq Sooner Than Obama!

[babylonsister]

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McCain Surrogate: He Might Withdraw From Iraq Sooner Than Obama!
By Eric Kleefeld - July 22, 2008, 12:24PM

The McCain campaign has come up with an intriguing new way to sell his opposition to a timetable for withdrawal: McCain just might withdraw from Iraq sooner than Obama's 16 month deadline!

"He'd like troops to come home earlier than 16 months if the conditions allow it," said Congresswoman Heather Wilson of New Mexico, on a conference call with reporters just now. "Senator Obama has said it's a 16-month timeline no matter what."

Wilson walked this line back a bit later on, reminding people that any such withdrawal would have to be based on conditions on the ground, and might take longer: "Whether that happens in 12 months, or 16 months, or 24 months, the important thing is that our troops come home with victory and America's vital national interests secured."

One is reminded of George Orwell's classic novel 1984, in which the ruling regime ran an intentionally never-ending war with the frequent promise in news updates that it was "within measurable distance of its end."

Here's the audio from the call, at link~

[anonymous171]

1. Of course, what they mean is "If we can 'win' in under 16 months, we can go home"

Stupid.

[babylonsister]

5. I think they're just trying to keep up with Obama; they've thrown

any respect for their own opinions out the window, as long as they can get people to climb on board.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

2. That's the thing about horizons.. you never get there. Apt choice of word.

[truthisfreedom]

3. Surrender monkey! Cut-and-run republican!

McCain's daily flip-flops are making him look completely unstable.

[TwilightGardener]

4. 12 months. 16 months. Two years. End of my first term. How about a hundred years?

McCain is a true fuck-up. There's nothing more I can add.

[thewiseguy]

6. McCain is flip flopping

[Franks Wild Years]

8. He's the biggest 'flip-flopper' (I hate that term!) in political history.

No one can deny that fact. It's incontrovertible.

[global1]

7. Seems To Me McCain Should Withdraw From The Race........nt

[tridim]

9. McCain will leave Iraq when his war profiteering masters get tired of stealing all our money.

Which means he'll never leave.

Anything else he says is a lie.

[yellowcanine]

10. And gas MIGHT drop to $2 a gallon by the end of 2008!

Theoretically possible. Just sayin.