McCain: 'I Dont Think Americans Are Concerned' If We Stay In Iraq For '10,000 Years'

Think Progress:

Last week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said it "would be fine with" him if the U.S. military stayed in Iraq for "a hundred years" or even a "million years."...

...on CBS's Face the Nation, McCain claimed that Americans would not be "concerned" if the U.S. spends "10,000 years" in Iraq:

The point is it's American casualties. We've go to get American's off the frontlines, have the Iraqis as part of the strategy, take over more and more of the responsibilities, and then I don't think Americans are concerned if we're there for one hundred years or a thousand years or ten thousand years.

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Comments

[zendem1]

Keep talking John. The more you talk, the worse it gets for you.

[speakingtruth2power]

Begin impeachment hearings and uncover the truth of BushCo's treason during the general elections. Let McCain or Romney defend their party's leader while exposing the lies, profiteering and war crimes.
After we have destroyed the GOP, we'll send them the remains of the DLC just to make things right. Let Hillary and Lieberman sit with the other war whores. It's time America knows the truth!

[hmmmmmer]

As usual the 33% of wackos will eat it up. I am hoping the 67% will understand that having another Republican in the White House will lead this country in to a cycle of continuous war internationally and division within our own country that will be more polarized.

It really is time for a new beginning and a fresh start. Now, are there any of the presidential candidates that really are up to the task?

[Zhonni]

I hope McCain is the Republican nominee. I think we can beat him to death with his statement on Iraq.

[OneVoiceInACrowd]

What America has he been living in. Talk about bubble boy

[Colmore]

What happened to his neck? Who are these people he talks to who do not care how long the US stays in Iraq? Maybe Mitt's five sons, or Huckabee's two sons. Surely they do not care, as long as they do not have to go.

[Qbear]

tell it like it is....Meth­uselah

Really....­. think talking 10,000 years when you look like the crypt keeper's grandpa is the smartest choice?