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Funny thing is, Obama's cheif military advisor General Merrill “Tony” McPeak made that IDENTICAL statement. Go figure.
Your ability to read, comprehend, and analyze leaves a bit to be desired. McPeak's statement was made in 2003 before the war started. He was saying that in the context of what a post-war Iraq would look like, saying that, if it's successful, we'll be there for 100 years.
As the hundreds of millions of dollars in establishing a fortress like embassy and a number of permanent bases show, he was right. It was the plan, contrary to Bush's misleading claims of "staying there as long as necessary, and not a moment longer".
To make an argument that this statement is the equivolent to John McCain directly claiming, 5 years and 4000 dead into the war, that we should be there 100 years is laughable.
Your ability to read, comprehend, and analyze leaves a bit to be desired. McPeak's statement was made in 2003 before the war started. He was saying that in the context of what a post-war Iraq would look like, saying that, if it's successful, we'll be there for 100 years.
As the hundreds of millions of dollars in establishing a fortress like embassy and a number of permanent bases, he was right. It was the plan, contrary to Bush's misleading claims of "staying there as long as necessary, and not a moment longer".
To make an argument that this statement is the equivolent to John McCain directly claiming, 5 years and 4000 dead into the war, that we should be there 100 years is laughable.
Your ability to interpret what McCain said leaves a lot to be desired.
Your ability to interpret what McCain said leaves a lot to be desired.
Quote:
Q: President Bush has talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years — (cut off by McCain)
McCAIN: Make it a hundred.
Q: Is that … (cut off)
McCAIN: We’ve been in South Korea … we’ve been in Japan for 60 years. We’ve been in South Korea 50 years or so. That would be fine with me. As long as Americans …
Q: [tries to say something]
McCAIN: As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed. That’s fine with me, I hope that would be fine with you, if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where Al Queada is training and equipping and recruiting and motivating people every single day.
So he didn't say we should be there for 100 years? What does "Make it a hundred" mean then?
So he didn't say we should be there for 100 years? What does "Make it a hundred" mean then?
Sure he did, meaning having an embassy there like we do in several other countries. He did not mean, like the Dems love to imply, that he wants to remain in Iraq fighting as we are now for a 100 years.
Yes Obama said he would never make a decision on his own about Iraq and would seek the advice of military experts and his cabinet to make these decisions. Holy crap, if it were left up to the military experts on the ground then Obama will have us there for the same time frame as McCain!
Only McCain has the knowledge to make quicker, better more in depth decisions because he is a military man and Obama, well, he wouldn't last one day in any boot camp.
Let's not forget the fact that Barack Obama is the ONLY candidate out of the three running who voted AGAINST this war in the first place.
Ah - no. He did not "VOTE" against the war.
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