McCain: Progress is being made in Iraq

[BlueStater]

Source: Associated Press

By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent
25 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential contender John McCain (news, bio, voting record) said Tuesday, "we are starting to turn things around" in the Iraq war, as he broke off campaigning in Florida to vote against a proposed troop withdrawal timeline.

In a speech on the Senate floor, the Arizona Republican said President Bush's decision to dispatch additional troops last winter "is working far better than even the most optimistic supporter had predicted. Progress is tangible in many key areas despite the fact that only 40 percent of the planned forces are in Iraq," he added.

McCain spoke on a day in which two nearly simultaneous attacks outside Baghdad killed at least 48 Iraqis, and he said he did not want to paint an overly optimistic picture. He added, "I have been critical of the conduct of this war since 2003, and very much regret that only now, four years into the conflict, are we beginning to implement the kind of strategy that was necessary from the start."

Aides said it was the first time he had systematically addressed recent events in Iraq, and he had decided to do so on the Senate floor in the run-up to a pivotal vote.





Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070328/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_iraq

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Oh, shut up already, you senile old fool.

[ixion]

1. and here is CNN's Michael Ware offering a rebuttal

a.k.a SMACKDOWN! :woohoo:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x517640

[Hieronymus]

8. And a great smack down it was by Michael Ware.

[redqueen]

11. Reading that was one of the highlights of my day yesterday.

It's SO rare to hear a voice of reason in the whore media.

A ray of light in a sea of darkness.

[xxqqqzme]

2. I see he got off the bus (the straight talking express one)

[Cobalt-60]

3. It's rubbish- but keep it coming

The one people upon the earth sufficiently ignorant to believe McCain's statements are already backwash.
He drives more voters away from the Republicons with every obvious lie.

[Imagevision]

4. McCain> duh! you're almost out of the picture dude!!

[Tempest]

5. Shiite policemen go on rampage, kill 45 Sunni men and boys

Yup, progress is being made.

If progress is measured by body count.

[all.of.me]

6. how can you have progress when there is no goal?

:eyes:

[LynnTheDem]

7. ROTFLMAO!!!

As a comedian, McCain is hilarious!

[roamer65]

9. I don't want any of what he's smokin.

Boy, he's really lost it.

[pcboss49]

10. Michael Ware on CNN stated that an American wouldn't last 20 minutes outside

of the Green Zone by himself. He also stated that General Petraeus always had armored Humvees and Blackhawk helicopters flying overhead when he went out. Seems that McCain is well-misinformed, not the other way around.

[redqueen]

12. Good ole weathervane McCain...

:rofl:

Which of their candidates isn't completely radioactive?