Senator McCain appeared on TV yesterday and said that the return date for the troops in Iraq were unimportant. Leading Democrats lambasted this statement as revealing the Airizonan’s lack of concern for the troops, however McCain’s words on NBC’s TODAY were taken slightly out of context.
Matt Lauer on the surge strategy in Iraq: “If it’s working Senator, do you now have a better estimate of when American forces can come home from Iraq?”
McCain – “No, but that’s not too important.”
What the Democrats didn’t add was the following.
“What’s important is the casualties in Iraq, Americans are in South Korea, Americans are in Japan, American troops are in Germany. That’s all fine. American casualties and the ability to withdraw; we will be able to withdraw. General [David] Petraeus is going to tell us in July when he thinks we are.”
Sets a different tone, except he still believes we should have troops in Iraq for as long as we’ve had them in Germany and Japan, which is over 60 years, then again what’s 60 years to an old geezer like McCain?
Bring the troops home now.
All of them.
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