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McCain Still Not Taking Petraeus’s Advice On ‘Winning’ & ‘Losing’ | Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) attacked Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) today for his call to withdraw at least 15,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year. When asked if Levin’s plan was appropriate, McCain said, “I think if you want to lose, obviously.” Gen. David Petraeus, for whom McCain has previously “thanked God”, said in a recent interview with ABC News: “We’re really loathe to use this very loaded term of winning or losing” when referring to the war in Afghanistan. Petraeus also didn’t like using “winning” and “losing” when referring to the Iraq war. McCain didn’t seem to care about that either.
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