McCain on Iraq pullout: "I'd rather say 2 or 3 years and be surprised"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona Republican, and Joseph Biden, a Delaware Democrat, also say the administration hasn't given the public an accurate picture of the situation in Iraq.

McCain, interviewed yesterday on NBC's ``Meet the Press'' program June 19 said the current U.S. military levels in Iraq will need to be maintained for at least two more years in spite of administration statements about training Iraqi forces.

``I'd rather say two or three years and be surprised a year from now than say everything's fine, and be disappointed a year from now,'' McCain, a member of the Armed Services Committee, said.

Bush's ``long litany of rosy assessments, misleading statements and premature declarations of victory'' has ``opened not just a credibility gap, but a credibility chasm,'' Biden, of Delaware, said June 21 in a speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington. Two days earlier, Biden said he's considering a run for the presidency in 2008.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aUy.QkQhsWLQ

[babylonsister]

1. McCain would rather 'be surprised', and at what cost?

This is precisely why he'll never ever get my vote, one of many reasons. People are dying, no end in sight, you'd think McCain might have a more realistic view.

[Boo Boo]

2. As McCain climbs, Flippity-floppity, down from past statements

that we would be in Iraq for 10 to 20 years ("that's not so bad"). The idea that we would be there for decades is rooted in the fantasy that the occupation of Iraq would be like our occupation of Germany: big military bases, etc, their economy becoming an extension of our own.

Guess he's not drinkin' Neocon Koolaid anymore.

[jimshoes]

3. I'll bet McCain cringes

every time he sees that picture. I know I do.

[Oversea Visitor]

4. Facts

The invasion of Iraq is wrong
I guess is ok for Americans as long as they win.
Lives dont matter nothing, oh well its your country
Its you son daughter father or brothers who be dying

Me better bugger off