John Mccain Iraq Surge

Why John McCain's "Surge" Success Story is a Lie

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

McCain's belief that the surge "won the war" contradicts the substance of the "status of force" agreement the Bush administration has been trying to ram down the Iraqi government's throat.

What John McCain Told Me, and What it Says About How Far He's Fallen

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

At a dinner party in Los Angeles not long after the 2000 election, John McCain admitted to me that he hadn't voted for George Bush.

Howard Dean: GOP Trying To Weasel Out Of McCain "100 Years" Comment

The Hill | Sam Youngman | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics


Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), accused Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and the Republican Party of trying to deceive vot...

John McCain Iraq Progress Speech Interrupted By News Of Green Zone Attacks

Think Progress | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics


Today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) spoke to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, making the case for the "unmistakable progress" in Iraq. A telling moment in hi...

Jason Linkins

McCain Clueless, Contradictory On al-Sadr's Influence In Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics


For all of John McCain's claims to both foreign policy experience and a keen understanding on what needs to be done in Iraq, it seems that with each p...

McCain Surrogate: "Christian Right" A Serious Problem

Haaretz | Shmuel Rosner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The location keeps changing, and the speakers might be different as well, but the goal remains the same: courting the Jewish vote. Today, it was in Wa...

Jason Linkins

CNN's King Offer Mixed Bag On Iraq, Calls It A 'Fact Check'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


CNN sent correspondent John King to Iraq to offer the network's viewers some fifth-anniversary perspective on the developments of the Iraq War. Havin...

Klein: McCain "Should Know Better" On Iraq

Time | Joe Klein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


John McCain continues to fight a different war in Iraq than...the U.S. military. It is a simple war of good v. evil, us v. Al Qaeda. There are aspects...

John McCain Says He Could Lose Over Iraq War

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


ROCKY RIVER, Ohio — John McCain said Monday that to win the White House he must convince a war-weary country that U.S. policy in Iraq is succeed...

Jon Stewart Mocks John McCain During Oscars

Huffington Post | Posted 08.12.2008 | Entertainment


Oscar host Jon Stewart mocked republican presidential candidate John McCain during his opening monologue. "The films that were made about the Iraq wa...

Jason Linkins

McCain Offers A Few Minutes Of Thin Rationale To Back Up His Call For A Century Of War

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Think we've made too much about McCain's nutlog plan for a century of war in Iraq? Well, he seems to think that our if, ands, and buts are really just a century of candy and nuts!

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

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


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...