...May I correct that statement? I advocated The Surge Policy BEFORE President Bush....I said the 'past strategy was going to fail (With ear to ear smile).
...now that the Surge is working (according to Neocon Estimates) when can the troops come home from Iraq?
McCain: "No, but, that is Not Too Important. What is important is the casualties in Iraq...." According to McCain we are engaged in a forever war and it is irrelivant when the war ends and the troops return so long as the troops come home with honor and in victory. So, it would seem as though according to Senator McCain, that The Surge worked and is working, but, there is no CLEAR AND CONCISE VICTORY and no honor.
I see. His view of the world is flawed due to Republican rhetoric that blind sides him. He is another propagandist, no different than Cheney and Bush.
We all know the 'reason' The Surge APPEARs to be working is because the organized militias that have been protecting the Shi'ites in Southern Iraq from the time of invasion by Bush, have declared a 'Cease Fire.' Why is it that no one asks McCain what he thinks of the 'Sustained Cease Fire?' I guess it isn't a 'politically enhancing Republican question. Lord knows that the Republican view of Iraq is one of control, not civility. Consistently from the beginnings of the invasion, the 'security' was directed to the oil fields, not the people of Iraq. The people of Iraq were left in anarchy and left to turn to the only means of security the Shia ever had and that was the militias of Southern Iraq.
According to McCain, the war in Iraq is a necessity to instill the desired Western values. Hm. A democratically 'free' society is supposed to reflect the majority choices of that society, NOT, the occupying society. Where McCain loses this argument is when he mixes 'apples with oranges.' He consistently has bought into The Bush Propaganda that McClellan clearly states now are all lies. McCain still believes 'occupying' Iraq will lead to Middle East security when in fact the lies that Bush and Cheney told do nothing but escalate tensions among minority Shia, including Iran thus continuing the 'brinkmanship' of Cheney for an invasion into Iran.
McCain's 'view of the world' is eschewed. It is based in KNOWN lies. The Iraq War is a faux front to cronyism. We all know that. McCain is consistently backing a faux war whereby Iraq was never a threat to the USA and continues NOT to be a threat to the USA, while the 'real war' in Afghanistan is consistently growing in proportion and chaos.
McCain is not presidential material. He can't see the forest for the trees. He believes in 'the war principles of a soldier' and not International Stability. He's wrong. Just plain wrong. He believes in escalating an unnecessary war. He believes in the crony war of Bush/Cheney.
Iraq is a forever war that is supposed to deliver Western Democracy to a country that wants to divide into Provincial authority to prevent more deaths of Shia and Kurds. The Iraqis want provincial control, not the return of a central government that can be turned against them as has been demonstrated by Maliki when using American and British military force to invade Basra and kill innocent people already engaged in a ceasefire.
US military reports 2 troop deaths in Iraq
14 hours ago
BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad and a Marine has died in a non-combat related incident elsewhere in Iraq.
The military says the Multi-National Division — Baghdad soldier has died of wounds in the blast that occurred about 3:30 p.m. Thursday in a western section of the capital.
A separate statement says a Multi-National Force — West Marine died as the result of a non-combat related incident on Wednesday. The incident is under investigation.
The troops' names have not been released pending notification of relatives.
