Speaking about Iraq at a townhall event on Thursday in Wisconsin, John McCain declared, "I can tell you that it is succeeding. I can look you in the eye and tell you it's succeeding. We have drawn down to pre-surge levels. Basra, Mosul and now Sadr city are quiet and it's long and it's hard and it's tough and there will be setbacks..."
McCain was wrong on two points. First, U.S. forces have not returned to pre-surge levels. Before the surge,...
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