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McCain: Iraq Is ‘A Peaceful And Stable Country Now’
thinkprogress.org — Today, Time Magazine published an interview with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) that it conducted aboard McCain ’s campaign airplane. Reporters James Carney and Michael Scherer described McCain as “prickly” and “at times, abrasive” during the course of the interview. Carney and Scherer noted to McCain that the Iraqi government is calling for a deadline
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- augiegram, on 10/04/2008, -8/+45Yeah right!
- rotundo, on 10/05/2008, -2/+10Pardon my French, er "Freedom", but what McCain said here is ***** disgusting. Have the goddamn decency to admit that Iraq is still a mess, man. Yes, violence is down from it's incendiary 2006/2007 peak. It is still absolutely awful. It's similar to 2004/2005 violence levels. Just because it got momentarily worse doesn't make the current situation "good".
http://digg.com/world_news/The_Surge_Didn_t_Work
We won't know the final outcome of the Iraq war -- whether it was worth it or not -- for a decade. My bet is that it wasn't worth it.
I think McCain is still caught up in wanting to undo Vietnam. He wants the glory of the WWII allies. What he doesn't understand is that some wars, the kind we've been getting into for the past couple decades, you can't "win". Even if Iraq violence is eventually under control and the country recovers (maybe in a decade?), we didn't "win" anything. We lost, they lost. The only time you can win a war is when you have a clear aggressor and they surrender. That was not the case here. No number of dead Iraqis is going to change that. There can be no military "win" here for the US. We will have gained nothing.- siszam, on 10/05/2008, -1/+5I know it wasn't "worth it" now. I knew it when I watched our "shock and awe" killing people on tv and when the first American was put in harms way.
- lajaw, on 10/05/2008, -8/+5Compared to Chicago and DC, he is very much correct.
- Ralphdraw3, on 10/05/2008, -2/+7Compared to Chicago and DC, he is very much correct.
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America has always been particularly violent - more murders and a higher rate of murders than any of the Western, industrialized countries. This violence in America accelerated with the availability of cheap hand-guns.
BTW: I have not heard of any car-bombings or mortar attacks in either Chicago or D.C. as there are, weekly, in Baghdad... - bobbarkerbilly, on 10/05/2008, -0/+7You had better actually read the article that makes the charge you're using. That article does not include Iraqi civilians.
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/chicago.summer.shooti ...
Do you really stand behind an article that doesn't count Iraqi civilians as deaths that count? - siszam, on 10/05/2008, -3/+4Ralph, I don't know about Chicago but hand guns have been banned in DC for a while. When citizens are denied their right to be armed then criminals take over. You can't blame violence on guns when they aren't allowed. Do the research. Cities with more gun restrictions have higher crime.
- bobbarkerbilly, on 10/05/2008, -1/+5siszam,
Did it ever cross your mind that maybe more gun restrictions were put into those cities because of the ALREADY high crime rate. - Ralphdraw3, on 10/05/2008, -2/+2When citizens are denied their right to be armed then criminals take over. You can't
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This is NRA mythology. I am talking about handguns not hunting guns or other non-concealable weapons.
Why are there so many murders, crimes and shootings in the United States, if an "armed" society - such as ours, is a safe society???
BTW NRA stands for National RIFLE Association, not National Handgun Association...
- Ralphdraw3, on 10/05/2008, -2/+7Compared to Chicago and DC, he is very much correct.
- NodOfficer, on 10/06/2008, -1/+2Somewhere in Iraq, an explosive has just detonated.
- Ladymongoose, on 10/06/2008, -1/+2And yet we're still there....occupying.
- spankaccount, on 10/06/2008, -2/+1Officially, Mexico is a more troubled country than Iraq now.
- rotundo, on 10/05/2008, -2/+10Pardon my French, er "Freedom", but what McCain said here is ***** disgusting. Have the goddamn decency to admit that Iraq is still a mess, man. Yes, violence is down from it's incendiary 2006/2007 peak. It is still absolutely awful. It's similar to 2004/2005 violence levels. Just because it got momentarily worse doesn't make the current situation "good".
- HeartlandUSA, on 10/04/2008, -9/+243McCain: Iraq is ‘A Peaceful And Stable Country Now’
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/28/mccain-iraq-pe ...
Iraq Sept 08
Friday: 1 US Soldier, 3 Iraqis Killed; 3 Iraqis Wounded
Thursday: 39 Iraqis Killed, 65 Wounded
Wednesday: 8 Iraqis Killed, 37 Wounded
Tuesday: 1 US Soldier, 9 Iraqis Killed; 20 Iraqis Wounded
Monday: 1 US Soldier, 8 Iraqis Killed; 15 Iraqis Wounded
Sunday: 51 Iraqis Killed, 138 Wounded
Saturday: 1 U.S. Soldier, 13 Iraqis Killed; 29 Iraqis Wounded
Friday: 1 US Soldier,11 Iraqis Killed;13 Iraqis Wounded
Thursday: 1 US Soldier, 15 Iraqis Killed; 24 Iraqis Wounded
Wednesday: 1 US Soldier, 43 Iraqis Killed: 35 Iraqis Wounded
Tuesday: 1 US Soldier, 19 Iraqis Killed; 27 Iraqis Wounded
Monday: 1 US Soldier, 40 Iraqis Killed; 18 Iraqis Wounded
Sunday: 20 Iraqis Killed, 114 Wounded
Saturday:16 Iraqs Killed, 41 Wounded
Friday: 16 Iraqis Killed, 20 Wounded
Thursday: 20 Iraqis Killed, 34 Wounded
Wednesday: 10 US Soldiers, 18 Iraqis Killed; 79 Iraqis Wounded
Tuesday: 12 Iraqis Killed, 46 Wounded
Monday: 1 US Soldier, 38 Iraqis Killed; 68 More Wounded
Sunday: 1 US Soldier, 17 Iraqis Killed; 24 Iraqis Wounded
Saturday: 28 Iraqis Killed, 49 Wounded
Friday: 44 Iraqis Killed, 99 Wounded
Thursday: 27 Iraqis Killed, 28 Wounded
Wednesday: 11 Iraqis Killed, 24 Wounded
Tuesday: 15 Iraqis Killed, 33 Wounded
Monday: 26 Iraqis Killed, 52 Wounded
Sunday: 20 Iraqis Killed, 26 Wounded
Saturday: 25 Iraqis Killed, 60 Wounded
Friday: 1 US Soldier, 7 Iraqis Killed; 17 Iraqis Wounded
Thursday: 2 US Soldiers, 8 Iraqis Killed; 13 Iraqis Wounded
Wednesday: 15 Iraqis Killed, 28 Wounded
Tuesday: 1 US Soldier, 20 Iraqis Killed; 43 Iraqis Wounded
Monday: 1 US Soldier, 5 Iraqis Killed; 26 Iraqis Wounded
http://antiwar.com/updates/?articleid=13483
- CVL4317, on 10/05/2008, -0/+42The fundamental of their security is strong
- Bith8654, on 10/05/2008, -1/+9Exactly! That's all he was trying to say! Geez this is gotcha journalism at it's worst, you betcha! /sarc
- jerrolds, on 10/05/2008, -0/+7In before the repubs paste the Chicago death toll stats...
- bobbarkerbilly, on 10/05/2008, -0/+11That only works when the scum don't count Iraqis as people.
- bluesman3535, on 10/05/2008, -0/+13I want to tune into Sean Hannity and Billy Cunningham before I agree with facts. If I agree with these two radio guys I'm a Great American. Looking at facts makes me feel unpatriotic.
- Tarl, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3An obvious agenda driven ploy laid out by the gotcha' liberal media.
- juicegd, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1If Iraq is a peaceful and stable country, what the hell are we still doing there. Isn't that the "new" classification of victory, a peaceful stable country. Victory has been achieved, go home and celebrate.
- anonymiau, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1And these are actual people. Just like our fathers, mothers and children. McCain is a ***** psychopath. He has no empathy for human life. Almost makes me wish karma would put him in the same situation civilian Iraqis are currently experiencing cause of Dubyas revolting lies.
- wmeadd, on 10/06/2008, -2/+0Do we have a chart like that for our own country? I wonder how many police officers were killed today on our own soil...
- CVL4317, on 10/05/2008, -0/+42The fundamental of their security is strong
- HeartlandUSA, on 10/04/2008, -7/+73You decide, mass murder that you pay for is really the path to peace?
Has that ever worked in history?
And how have Republican policies worked out for our country in the last 8 years of their control?
- RRJackson, on 10/05/2008, -7/+5Worked for the United States. Or did you think we inherited this nation from a rich uncle? We "cleared the land" of the indigenous people. Then we killed so many Mexicans in the Mexican-American War that our envoy from Washington couldn't find enough surviving literate people who were qualified to sign the treaty that ended the war. We got most of what made this country great through genocide, racial oppression and unprovoked warfare. Maybe you should read up before you spout off about a policy that's worked so well for us in the past.
- rarr, on 10/05/2008, -1/+1Is that really something to be proud of?
- RRJackson, on 10/06/2008, -2/+1@rarr
Dude, I like animals, but I also like pork tenderloin sandwiches and suede. When you're a little kid you can imagine a world where everyone lives some kind of Brady Bunch life and nobody ever has to be unhappy. In the real world we either do the things that will provide for our own or we perish. When I was a kid this country had around 6% of the world's population and used 65% of the world's resources. The only way to maintain ratios of prosperity like that (which we haven't been able to do) is to walk on other people to exploit their resources. And in the process of doing that we make enemies and so we have to put them down, too. Either man up, move somewhere else or get out of the way. Because if you're an American you have to at least tacitly acknowledge what that means.
- JoJoDilio, on 10/05/2008, -1/+6WWI, WWII, American Revolution
- wmeadd, on 10/06/2008, -1/+1How many Kurdish people has Saddam killed today? oh wai-... maybe we have done some good, even if it was for the wrong reasons. Something to think about eh?
- RRJackson, on 10/05/2008, -7/+5Worked for the United States. Or did you think we inherited this nation from a rich uncle? We "cleared the land" of the indigenous people. Then we killed so many Mexicans in the Mexican-American War that our envoy from Washington couldn't find enough surviving literate people who were qualified to sign the treaty that ended the war. We got most of what made this country great through genocide, racial oppression and unprovoked warfare. Maybe you should read up before you spout off about a policy that's worked so well for us in the past.
- digitronix, on 10/04/2008, -6/+66That's great news! That means we can come home now, right, John McCain? HUH???!??? 100 more years?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!!????
- RRJackson, on 10/05/2008, -2/+9We're never leaving Iraq. McCain's the only politician who's been honest about that one. We didn't build over a dozen permanent bases and an embassy the size of Vatican City so we could leave. Iraq is our tactical outpost in the region. That's why we took it in the first place. It's our staging area and projection of power for operations from Russia to North Africa.
- DarkProd, on 10/05/2008, -1/+2Yeah,100 more years?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?...?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! [1000 characters later] ?!?!?!?!???????
- HeartlandUSA, on 10/04/2008, -7/+57Kill people into submission - the Republican policy...
- RRJackson, on 10/05/2008, -4/+6It's the American Way. Always has been. Love it or leave it.
- rficwizard, on 10/06/2008, -2/+1I love America, so when America is doing something wrong, I try to change it. I hope that those who don't love America enough to try to fix what is wrong will take your advice and leave.
- RRJackson, on 10/05/2008, -4/+6It's the American Way. Always has been. Love it or leave it.
- HeartlandUSA, on 10/04/2008, -6/+79874 Dead, 1601 Wounded, 9 Kidnapped - Iraq August 2008
Iraq August 08
Saturday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 4 Wounded; 3 Turks Wounded - 8/30/08
Friday: 1 US Soldier, 9 Iraqis Killed; 1 Iraqi Wounded
Thursday: 2 US Soldiers, 7 Iraqis Killed; 14 Iraqis Wounded
Wednesday: 1 US Soldier, 14 Iraqis Killed; 47 Iraqis Wounded
Tuesday: 47 Iraqis Killed, 79 Wounded
Monday: 1 US Soldier, 16 Iraqis Killed; 14 Iraqis Wounded
Sunday: 49 Iraqis Killed, 90 Wounded
Saturday: 21 Iraqis Killed, 14 Wounded, 9 Kidnapped
Friday: 1 Marine, 6 Iraqis Killed; 8 Iraqis Wounded
Thursday: 13 Iraqis Killed, 14 Wounded
Wednesday: 1 Marine, 9 Iraqis Killed; 8 Iraqis Wounded
Tuesday: 1 US Soldier, 66 Iraqis Killed; 26 Iraqis Wounded
Monday: 14 Iraqis Killed, 34 Wounded
Sunday: 19 Iraqis Killed, 40 Wounded
Saturday: 9 Iraqis Killed, 16 Wounded
Friday: 2 GIs, 22 Iraqis Killed; 68 Iraqis Wounded
Thursday: 40 Iraqis Killed, 111 Wounded
Wednesday: 1 US Soldier, 12 Iraqis Killed; 43 Iraqis Wounded
Tuesday: 1 Marine, 16 Iraqis Killed; 23 Iraqis Wounded
Monday: 16 Iraqis Killed, 38 Wounded
Sunday: 1 US Soldier, 21 Iraqis Killed; 113 Iraqis Wounded
Saturday: 2 U.S. Soldiers, 28 Iraqis Killed; 22 Iraq Wounded
Friday: 2 Marines, 27 Iraqis Killed; 81 Wounded
Thursday: 22 Iraqis Killed, 36 Wounded
Wednesday: 1 US Soldier, 27 Iraqis Killed; 22 Iraqis Wounded
Tuesday: 2 US Soldiers, 21 Iraqis Killed; 26 Iraqis Wounded
Monday: 3 US Soldiers, 21 Iraqis Killed; 31 Iraqis Wounded
Sunday: 1 US Soldier, 36 Iraqis Killed; 63 Iraqis Wounded
Saturday: 16 Iraqis Killed, 18 Wounded
Friday: 1 American, 11 Iraqis Killed; 6 Iraqis Wounded
Thursday: 2 US Soldiers, 20 Iraqis Killed; 21 Iraqis Wounded
Wednesday: 1 US Marine, 8 Iraqis Killed; 12 Iraqis Wounded
Tuesday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 10 Wounded
Monday: 87 Iraqis Killed, 288 Wounded
Sunday: 18 Iraqis Killed, 21 Wounded
Saturday: 7 Iraqis Killed, 19 Wounded
Friday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 12 Wounded
Thursday: 20 Iraqis Killed, 39 Wounded
Wednesday: 7 Iraqis Killed, 5 Wounded
Tuesday: 8 Iraqis Killed, 29 Wounded
Monday: 24 Iraqis Killed, 32 Wounded
- Stevanoski, on 10/05/2008, -11/+3spam. tos, bye bye
- sdocpublishing, on 10/06/2008, -2/+5"Spam. tos. Bye bye"
AHAHAHAHA You must be a repub who just can't stand to see the truth. You are a moron!
No intelligent reply.
No facts to refute what heartland USA said.
Just a bully hiding behind a pc.
LMAO! Go turn Rush back on and look at your closeted gay porn!
The end is near for you and your kind! - scubaman5000, on 10/06/2008, -1/+3If anything ever needed to be spammed it is this.
- sdocpublishing, on 10/06/2008, -2/+5"Spam. tos. Bye bye"
- Stevanoski, on 10/05/2008, -11/+3spam. tos, bye bye
- gnocchi1442, on 10/04/2008, -5/+109The fundamentals of Iraq are strong.
- nycmac247, on 10/05/2008, -0/+12The _fundamentalists_ of Iraq are strong
- there, fixed!
- nycmac247, on 10/05/2008, -0/+12The _fundamentalists_ of Iraq are strong
- zephyear, on 10/04/2008, -3/+29weren't there 2 bomb attacks last week there?
- TrancePhreak, on 10/05/2008, -1/+2This article is about an interview from over a week ago. So those happened after the interview.
- nashrafeeg, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3Suicide bomber strikes in Mosul
Page last updated at 13:57 GMT, Sunday, 5 October 2008 14:57 UK
Eleven people have been killed during a American raid in the Iraqi city of Mosul in which a suicide bomber blew himself up, the US military says.
Three women and three children were among the dead at the private home, the US military said, adding that five "terrorists" had also died.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7653488.stm
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Baghdad shaken by suicide attacks
Page last updated at 17:26 GMT, Thursday, 2 October 2008 18:26 UK
The bomber in Baghdad al-Jadida blew himself up by the roadside
Suicide bombers have struck near two Shia mosques in Baghdad, killing at least 20 people and wounding another 54, Iraqi security officials have said.
The attacks came as worshippers left the mosques after prayers for Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan.
Ten people died in a suicide bombing in the Zafaraniya district, while another 10 were killed in Baghdad al-Jadida.
Six other people from one family died when gunmen opened fire on a minibus in Baquba, north of Baghdad, police said.
Page last updated at 17:26 GMT, Thursday, 2 October 2008 18:26 UK
yea that is what i call a peaceful and stable country
/s- paterade724, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1
- nashrafeeg, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3i am not blaming the US i copied that to point out that in peaceful and stable country's people dont go about opening fire fire on random people traveling on the street. hell if this happened any peacful modern country their will be lot of soul searching media out rage going on. where as in iraq its considered just another day
- ChangeIsGood, on 10/04/2008, -4/+28What a jerk. I am finding it difficult to express myself with meaningful commentary!
- Berkana, on 10/05/2008, -4/+12If you want to see what the conditions on the ground are like in Iraq, consider what the Iraqis have to say:
Baghdad 5 years later:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTMp-YNaDdg
This was on digg a while back:
http://digg.com/world_news/Baghdad_5_years_Later_S ... - lweissberg, on 10/05/2008, -3/+26No wonder he's out of touch. He lives on another planet.
- cheesegypsy, on 10/05/2008, -2/+21It's peaceful because we've killed everyone. Those we haven't killed have moved to another country or we are bribing them with big sacks of money.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and ...- JoJoDilio, on 10/05/2008, -0/+2Ignorant. Killed everyone? The only people left in Iraq are insurgents and terrorists? Not defending McCain here, but seriously think before you post about what we have and haven't done in Iraq.
- cheesegypsy, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4It's called hyperbole. Read the article above and this if you are interested:
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN19 ...
I would love for Iraq to be a peaceful and stable country, but until we get past the soundbites and wishful thinking of Bush and Co., nothing truly productive will get done. Just today a British commander said we would not win the war against the Taliban. Can you imagine hearing that from an American? No honesty, no peace.
- smacksaw, on 10/05/2008, -3/+51I love the McCain strategy to lie unabashedly until people believe it.
- AchaIemoipas, on 10/05/2008, -2/+28Problem being that the average voter believes that crap.
How practical it was to not allow any reporters to cover Iraq in any realistic way...
Of course the violence went down, a genocide occured.- Ralphdraw3, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1Two things occured occurred along with the genocide (which began about two years ago or was it three?):
1) Ethnic cleansing of Baghdad and other cities
2) The United States paying protection money to the Sunni militias
that's the "peaceful" and wonderful country of Iraq that we have created!!!
- Ralphdraw3, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1Two things occured occurred along with the genocide (which began about two years ago or was it three?):
- Atrius, on 10/05/2008, -2/+2It worked for Christianity, didn't it?
- AchaIemoipas, on 10/05/2008, -2/+28Problem being that the average voter believes that crap.
- fizzhead, on 10/05/2008, -2/+27But he's a maverick. He can say anything he wants.
- gab00n, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3Self proclaimed no less.
- Tryptomine, on 10/05/2008, -0/+5To be a maverick, don't you have to be doing something different then what the establishment is doing?
- rficwizard, on 10/06/2008, -0/+2To be a maverick, you need to be doing something different than what the establishment is doing. To sell yourself as a maverick, you just need to repeat it over, and over, and over until people believe it.
- buddhika86, on 10/05/2008, -3/+23This guy is sounding more and more unstable.
- anonymiau, on 10/06/2008, -0/+3Unstable? He sounds like a ***** tyrant.
- diggproof, on 10/05/2008, -4/+14Silly McCain. If it was then our soldiers wouldn't still be there dying almost everyday...
- AFelsinger, on 10/05/2008, -4/+23Another thing McCain said near the end of the tape:
He called the surge a STRATEGY, when his often-told point is that the surge was a tactic, not a strategy. - tufftugg, on 10/05/2008, -3/+13Smoke another one John.
- MarciaJ720, on 10/05/2008, -5/+16Talked with an army vet of mine who absolutely will not vote for Obama because he doesn't support the 4000+ soldiers we have lost and that we cannot let their deaths be in vain.
I'm blown away that more deaths equals some kind of needed revenge in order to justify all of the death and destruction so far.
Geez, the U.S. started this war and now we are stuck with the consequences, both good and bad, but obviously mostly bad.- theWaterboy, on 10/05/2008, -0/+14Obama DOES support the soldiers! As an active duty service member I can honestly say that I, and 90% of the other people I know despise McCain, and consider Obama an intelligent, professional person whom we would be proud to have as our leader.
Tell your 'vet' friend that he is a stupid douche.
- theWaterboy, on 10/05/2008, -0/+14Obama DOES support the soldiers! As an active duty service member I can honestly say that I, and 90% of the other people I know despise McCain, and consider Obama an intelligent, professional person whom we would be proud to have as our leader.
- aitoaster, on 10/05/2008, -5/+14Has McPanic totally lost it? He will just say anything .... then he will go and contradict himself an hour later.... nuts!
- FiestyPumpkin, on 10/05/2008, -3/+15I am sick of McCain blowing smoke up America's ass.
- radicalchaos, on 10/05/2008, -3/+18This guy is braindead.
- DemDude, on 10/05/2008, -4/+14wake the ***** up, people... John McCain is a liar, and an inexplicably senile one at that.
There is no peace in iraq.
This is not war.
THIS IS GENOCIDE- wrs123, on 10/05/2008, -4/+2Genocide: the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/genocide
Find me something that suggests that we are indeed deliberately and systematically killing every Iraqi. We are fighting an unpopular war, and in war noncombatants get killed. That is the terrible nature of the beast. There's a reason war is hell. That doesn't make it genocide when Iraqis are killed. Especially when a majority of them are killed by the people we are trying to stop. You are straight up pissing in the face of our soldiers when you label them as genocidal. - 1town, on 10/06/2008, -1/+2I think you committed genocide on your braincells.
There is no peace, and it's not a war. But genocide??
- wrs123, on 10/05/2008, -4/+2Genocide: the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group
- rz8472, on 10/05/2008, -3/+16McCain is a violent and unstable old man
- liuite, on 10/05/2008, -3/+13Mission Accomplished!
- WaFFeL54, on 10/05/2008, -3/+4Lolwut!?
- 223Sniper, on 10/05/2008, -3/+12what a dumb old *****, why doesn't he go over there with out a massive security detail. That bitch.
- tikiman453, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3lol
- Jikul, on 10/05/2008, -3/+8How come this guys is STILL(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) running for POTUS?
- crackberri, on 10/05/2008, -28/+2Even Hussein has recently acknowledged the surge has worked better than anyone could have imagined. There are many areas of the country that are peaceful now. Some spots are bad just like New York City.
- rz8472, on 10/05/2008, -0/+26Hussein was dead before the surge even started.
- Dejacque, on 10/05/2008, -0/+13FLAWLESS VICTORY
- phroztbyt3, on 10/05/2008, -0/+7FINISH HIM!!
- sfanetti, on 10/05/2008, -0/+11The Shia Awakening is what actually caused a drop in violence that McCain attributes to the surge.
Given the mass exodus of educated people from Iraq and the continued sectarian violence the outcome hardly looks good.
I guess those WMDs we went there to get are still clouding your mind.
Jesus man. How many times do you have to be lied to before you wise up? - algaeturd, on 10/05/2008, -0/+12Get an education. Please. You're embarrassing yourself.
- FairNUnBalanced, on 10/05/2008, -0/+5Since the FBI ranks New York City the safest major city in the Nation, I'm guessing that you are unfathomably ignorant, or simply lying.
- vampirepiggy, on 10/06/2008, -0/+0I think you need to lay off the crack, crackberri.
- rz8472, on 10/05/2008, -0/+26Hussein was dead before the surge even started.
- mgard7331, on 10/05/2008, -3/+10Then why the hell does he want to stay there?
- EdwardMass, on 10/05/2008, -4/+7don't blame him. He's too old to know any better.
- Jaysunli, on 10/05/2008, -2/+8Unbelievable.
- djoobacca, on 10/05/2008, -4/+10republicans are horrible, horrible people. i don't see how they fit into a free society. their beliefs would be best appreciated by countries like north korea and israel.
- rficwizard, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1Yes, and Democrats are also horrible, horrible people. There are people in each branch of the ruling party who are horrible, and people who are wonderful, and most people are somewhere in between. This isn't a Republican versus Democrat problem (in fact, very few problems are). This is a republic versus empire problem. The citizens want a republic, where our rights are respected and government is limited by law. Our "rulers" want an empire, where they have absolute power. As long as we let them distract us with this right versus left nonsense, we won't notice the freedom versus tyranny reality.
- jimbo92107, on 10/05/2008, -3/+15Peaceful and stable? The best way for John McCain to verify his claim would be to walk through Baghdad alone and ask some Iraqis.
- zaneperry, on 10/05/2008, -4/+3Aug 28th is hardly today. This already made it to the front page 38 Days ago.
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Incredible_McCai ... - tizzleG, on 10/05/2008, -5/+24I've figured it out:
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) = Sen. John McCain C(R-AZ)Y - SaperKain, on 10/05/2008, -2/+12Throw the republican thugs out of office. All of the them. John McCain doesn’t even deserve his senate seat for this *****.
- Cosmo96, on 10/05/2008, -25/+2Probably about as safe as Chicago........125 shot dead in Chicago over summer, total is about double the U.S. troop death toll in Iraq for the same time period.
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/chicago.summer.shooti ...
This is right in the Messiah Obama's back yard!- Tracknod, on 10/05/2008, -0/+14All for another FAILED war... the war on drugs :(
- bobbarkerbilly, on 10/05/2008, -0/+11So Iraqi civilian deaths don't count? You're the lowest of the lowest pond scum.
- siszam, on 10/05/2008, -2/+8Gun control creates unarmed victims. But how does the violence in Chicago make McCain right or the illegal occupation justified? Your warped Republican reasoning fails.
- FairNUnBalanced, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4Any other racial groups not counting as human beings?
Unbelievable.- phroztbyt3, on 10/05/2008, -1/+1Cosmo.. technically you just proved that Obama has had more military experience than Mccain... if you have a comment like that. He's been battling in wars since he was a pup ;)...
Wheres your Maverick now.. ass.
- phroztbyt3, on 10/05/2008, -1/+1Cosmo.. technically you just proved that Obama has had more military experience than Mccain... if you have a comment like that. He's been battling in wars since he was a pup ;)...
- wherearemymeds, on 10/05/2008, -2/+17The last tally I saw (about 2 wks ago) for Iraqi CIVILIANS killed was over 1,200,000.
Mccain, what the hell is it with you and holding grudges at any cost? Especially at an entire country's cost??
Would you be willing to stake your own wealth, your own children, your own wife, money, homes, etc...on this? Because sir, you tell at least three lies every time you open your mouth. And for all your 'poor me' outrage at the media, you seem to use it as a looped sound bite.
Well, we hear you. Loud and clear.
YOU SUCK.
YOU LIE.
YOU'RE STUPID.
YOU'RE WRONG.
YOU ARE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GREED AND IMMATURITY ARE BRED INTO A SINGLE PERSON OR PLATFORM.
AND YOU WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT. - HumanNouveau, on 10/05/2008, -2/+8Relearning the lessons of wars past:
"They make a desert and call it peace." Tacitus, attributed to British chieftan Calgacus.
"One more victory like this and we're ruined." Pyrrhus of a high-cost victory over Rome.
Colmunist Eric Margolis recalls both and suggests that Obama should borrow some of this ancient insight for his defense against the Republican spin. (http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis124.ht ...- theWaterboy, on 10/05/2008, -0/+5Ah, there ya go lookin back again fella (wink).... McCains a maverick, he doesn't look at history, nothin to learn there
- HumanNouveau, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1*****. Sorry about that. I forgot. LOL
- theWaterboy, on 10/05/2008, -0/+5Ah, there ya go lookin back again fella (wink).... McCains a maverick, he doesn't look at history, nothin to learn there
- deadbaby, on 10/05/2008, -1/+13Grandpa is off his meds again
- sfanetti, on 10/05/2008, -1/+11Iraq is so peaceful we need to stay there for a hundred years ot make sure Putin doesn't rear his head.
- BlueAyez, on 10/05/2008, -1/+7Well ... there he goes again.
- bonlebon, on 10/05/2008, -1/+9If McCain's statement is true. Why he doesn't show in the middle of Baghdad by himself with no bodyguards?
He should watch 60 minutes more often. It's the proper show for people his age. "Americans are being target of attacks in Iraq" or whatever that Mr. Big General said. - ertw1, on 10/05/2008, -1/+8Mission Accomplished Mr.McCain, if you repeat it often enough does it become truth?
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..................................., - algaeturd, on 10/05/2008, -1/+10The fundamentals of this war are STRONG! Mission Accomplished!
- luchid, on 10/05/2008, -3/+7Hey! Stop bashing on him! He's sorta right. Dead people are peaceful!
/s - Tom10803, on 10/05/2008, -2/+5Was he talking about the "Real" Iraq, or the one that he thought was going to be?
- po43292, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1He walks and talks in his sleep while he's dreaming of his big office in the big White house.
- Eagle193, on 10/05/2008, -1/+7he's delusional
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