John Mccain Surge

Withdrawing from Iraq, Reinforcing Afghanistan

Joe Galloway | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

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Joe Galloway

Bush and McCain had barely completed even one Iraq victory lap singing hosannas to the surge when they were obliged to begin thinking and talking about how they're going to shore up a failing policy in Afghanistan.

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John McCain and "the Creeps"

Sherman Yellen | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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Sherman Yellen

McCain has overtaken every competitor in the "creeps" department. He gives the creeps in that special skin crawling way that is now found only in teen age fright movies.

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McCain Denies Surge Gaffe Again

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican presidential candidate John McCain had his own German experience Thursday _ at a restaurant in Ohio. He asserted tha...

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McCain Makes the Biggest Political Mistake of Our Lifetimes

Matt Littman | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

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Matt Littman

McCain, the former press darling who once referred to the media as "my base," is so upset that press is following Obama, he's become whining and petulant about it.

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

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

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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.

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McCain Camp Slams Obama on Surge - McCain Campaign Press Conference Call 7.22 AUDIO

OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 07.22.2008 | Home

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WHO: Sen. Sam Brownback, (R-KS), Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM), Randy Scheunemann, senior foreign policy adviser, McCain 2008 WHAT: Press conference ca...

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John McCain: Walking Zombie?

Sean Carman | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

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Sean Carman

Here's the rub: You can't really know the history without also knowing that Pakistan and Afghanistan SHARE A BORDER. Apparently, John McCain doesn't know anything about anything.

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Lieberman: Obama Couldn't Go To Iraq If It Wasn't For McCain

ABC News | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

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"Look, the fact is that if Barack Obama's policy on Iraq had been implemented, Barack Obama couldn't go to Iraq today, it wouldn't be safe," Sen. Joe ...

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Marketing a Myth: How John McCain Actually Got The Surge Wrong

Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.) | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

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Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.)

The fall-off in violence in Iraq had almost nothing to do with the increase in American troop levels -- and everything to do with actually talking with and supporting the previous insurgents.

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Jason Linkins

Globe Columnist Gets It Right On Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

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Even with all the Iraq War criticism out there, it is rare to find a writer who manages to get it as right as Andrew J. Bacevich does in today's Bosto...

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Forget Petraeus, Bring Sadr to Washington

Bill Maher | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics

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Bill Maher

Let's face it: the amount of violence is more dependent on the Sadr ceasefire, as well as the agreement we've got with the Sunni tribes (who we're paying off), than it is on our surge-tastic troop levels.

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How To Tell If Your Surge Is Working

Bill Cusack | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics

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Bill Cusack

If a surge in troops does not stabilize Iraq enough for the surge troops to go home, then there is no point in keeping them in Iraq.

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Iraq: More Proof that the Baker-Hamilton Commission Was Right and the Bush-McCain Surge Was Wrong

David Fiderer | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

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David Fiderer

The surge is playing out exactly as the Iraq Study Group said it would. The "progress" in Iraq is ephemeral, if not cosmetic.

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McCain: I "Had No Confidence" In Bush Before The Surge

Think Progress | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

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Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has long held that he was the "greatest critic" of Donald Rumsfeld's strategy in Iraq. Now, as he moves into the general elect...

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McCain: Iraq War "Will Be Over Soon"

Think Progress | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics

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In a townhall meeting today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was asked about the status of the situation in Iraq. McCain, who notoriously said last month that...

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Security Gains From Surge Backsliding

Washington Independent | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

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It was the crescendo of an otherwise flat State of the Union address. "Ladies and Gentlemen," President George W. Bush declared Monday night, "some ma...

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