Comments on: McCain’s budget calls for Iraq withdrawal far larger than Obama’s.

By: Max-1

Max-1 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:54:30 +0000

Dear Senator,
Please define “success”.

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:09:15 +0000

Bilbo,
Right! And I have been hearing Obama’s people also talk about what they will do with the money from Iraq—-although I don’t believe Obama has made that mistake.

Badger, I have been saying that for a long time. The drop in violence is due to us putting many tens of thousands of insurgents on our payrolls.

By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins

Bilbo Hussein Baggins — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:53:43 +0000

Ok, what am I missing here. To hear McCain talk, if he brings our troops home, there will be that much more money for us to spend on this country. The problem is that we are not spending our money on the occupation. We are borrowing the money. So if we bring our troops home the “savings” would be not borrowing the money. It won’t be money in our pockets to spend, it will be just that much less we will be mortgaging our children’s futures.

By: Crusty Old Bastard

Crusty Old Bastard — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:39:00 +0000

“McCain’s budget plan is “not credible.””

Try “McCain…is “not credible.” and I will wholeheartedly agree!

By: spencers mom

spencers mom — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:41:31 +0000

For McCain, and most GOPers for that matter, credibility is only measured by how much the general public can be made to believe the freshly shoveled sh*t.

PEACE

By: Oval12345678 aka James K. Sayre

Oval12345678 aka James K. Sayre — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:33:44 +0000

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the biggest imperial BSer of all? War criminal Bush? War criminal Cheney? War criminal Rumsfeld? War monger McCain? Or Afghanistan Imperialist Obama?

In the 19th century, the Afghan people defeated the British occupiers. In the 20th century the Afghan people defeated the Russian occupiers. And in the 21st century, the Afghan people will defeat the American occupiers…

By: Badger

Badger — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:16:44 +0000

OOps…make that:
Marketing a Myth: How John McCain Actually Got The Surge Wrong
by Lt Gen Robert G Gard

http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/7/14/7569/26098/54/551162

By: Badger

Badger — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:13:39 +0000

OT but a must read:

http://dailykos.com/ storyonly/ 2008/ 7/ 14/ 7569/ 26098/ 54/ 551162

“Since the beginning of this year, military experts that I’ve talked to argue that the fall-off in violence in Iraq had almost NOTHING to do with the INCREASE in American troop levels — and everything to do with actually TALKING with and supporting the previous insurgents. Recent published reports confirm that talks with the insurgents began all the way back in December of 2003, when military officers met with Sunni insurgent leaders in Amman, Jordan. Not only that, but when those talks were actually opposed by the administration, the military went ahead with the talks anyway.”

“The increase in American troops in Iraq had nothing to do with defeating the Iraqi insurgency and everything to do with actually talking with them. To claim otherwise is to market a myth and it’s time for John McCain to acknowledge it — to give credit where credit is due: to those fine officers of our military who decided to talk, even as the administration continued to beat the war drums.”

Lt. Gen. Robt. Gard

By: MCMetal

MCMetal — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:02:40 +0000

The Washington Post notes that McCain’s budget plan is “not credible.”

Which mirrors his candidacy and political party ……..

By: Leftside Annie

Leftside Annie — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:02:06 +0000

His budget is “not credible”?

Neither is he.