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McCain flip-flops on sending three more brigades to Afghanistan.

By Matt Corley on Jul 15th, 2008 at 5:56 pm

McCain flip-flops on sending three more brigades to Afghanistan.

During his townhall meeting in New Mexico today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that “our commanders on the ground in Afghanistan say that they need at least three additional brigades.” “Thanks to the success of the surge, these forces are becoming available,” added McCain. “Our commanders in Afghanistan must get them.” Watch it:

But on his campaign bus after the event, McCain “modified his assertion” that the U.S. could send three additional brigades to Afghanistan by drawing on troops that were leaving Iraq. Instead, he told reporters that “he might call on NATO to supply part of the additional troops he hopes to send to the region.”

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10 Responses to “McCain flip-flops on sending three more brigades to Afghanistan.”

RUCerious says:

Does anyone have a picture of NATO flippiong McIIIrd off?
Just askin…
July 15th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
RUCerious says:

flippiong (perhaps the Micronesian spelling?)
July 15th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Badmoodman says:

McCain flip-flops on sending three more brigades to Afghanistan.

– - McCain said they were more badly needed in Czechoslovakia.
July 15th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Wayne A. Schneider says:

“Did I say ‘Afghanistan’? I meant ‘Anheuser-Buschistan’.”
July 15th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
5th Estate says:

So, a pilot who served in a Navy is depending on an Army.

I just find that interesting.
July 15th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
5th Estate says:

Actually McCain’s full of crap (”quelle surprise”, as they say in Gaul).
His three brigades aren’t becoming available because of the ’success’ of the surge (no benchmarks met except a 20% reduction in US casualties only partially attributable to the ’surge’) but because the surge was scheduled to draw-down right about now (18 months).
July 15th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Alejandro says:

Isn’t sending more troops to Afghanistan the Obama plan? Pull troops out of Iraq, but send them to Afghanistan (and maybe even Pakistan).

When will our troops get to come home?
July 15th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
bogtrotters says:

Maybe we should re-deploy to Czechoslovakia? I hear them Nazis want the Sudetenland.
July 15th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Doc Rock says:

Spinning like a whirling dervish!
July 15th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
MapleStreet says:

So McCain is admitting that Obama was right ?
July 15th, 2008 at 9:31 pm

McCain flip-flops on sending three more brigades to Afghanistan.

McCain flip-flops on sending three more brigades to Afghanistan.

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