Obama hits McCain again
Obama takes McCain to task on withdrawal timetable
WASHINGTON – Republican John McCain again insisted victory in Iraq "is finally in sight." So why, asked Democrat Barack Obama, does his presidential opponent still oppose a timetable for withdrawing American forces.
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McCain, a four-term Arizona senator, said the victory he envisioned still could be "squandered by hasty withdrawal and arbitrary timelines. And this is one of many problems in the shifting positions of my opponent, Sen. Obama."Obama issued a sharp retort, questioning McCain's sincerity in support of Iraqi sovereignty — one of the Bush administration's goals in the war McCain heavily promoted in the months after the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
"It is hard to understand how Sen. McCain can at once proclaim his support for the sovereign government of Iraq, and then stubbornly defy their expressed support for a timeline to remove our combat brigades from their country," said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton.
"John McCain is intent on spending $10 billion a month on an open-ended war, while Barack Obama thinks we should bring this war to a responsible end and invest in our pressing needs here at home."
McCain insists U.S. troop withdrawals be dependent on conditions on the ground in Iraq. Obama, with agreement of the Baghdad government, says American forces should be gone in 2010.
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I find it pretty amazing that McCain can accuse Obama of changing positions! Wow!
But, Obama is right on to hammer the points that the Iraqi government agrees with his assessment and that the idea of this whole debacle was supposed to be an independent Iraqi government. So, McCain is fighting against the entire premise of this horror show.
Now if only the "liberal media" will report on Obama's statement of facts instead of McCain's fantasies..
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