John Mccain Surge

Seth Colter Walls

McCain To Propose An "Economic Surge" For America

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Surge, Economics, Economy, John Mccain Surge, McCain Surge, John McCain Economics, Mccain Economic Surge, McCain Economics, Politics News

John McCain has famously admitted to a "lack of knowledge" about economics. So when he talks about the economy later today in Ohio, it appears he will...

Read Whole Story

Withdrawing from Iraq, Reinforcing Afghanistan

Joe Galloway | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, John McCain, Surge, Success of the Surge, Afghanistan, Aghan Poppy Crop, George W. Bush, John Mccain Surge, Taliban, Afghanistan War, Politics News
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.

Read Post

John McCain and "the Creeps"

Sherman Yellen | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Mccain Surge, John McCain, Creeps, John McCain Gaffe, Politics News
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.

Read Post

McCain Denies Surge Gaffe Again

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Supermarket, John Mccain Supermarket, McCain Surge, John Mccain Surge, Mccain Cbs Interview, John Mccain Cbs Interview, Mccain at Supermarket, Politics News

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

Read Whole Story

McCain Makes the Biggest Political Mistake of Our Lifetimes

Matt Littman | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, McCain Gaffe, John Mccain Surge, Mccain Bin Laden, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, McCain Iraq, Obama Iraq, Politics News
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.

Read Post

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

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, John McCain, Halliburton, Bush Iraq, War in Iraq, John McCain Iraq Surge, McCain Iraq, John Mccain Surge, John Mccain the Surge, Mccaine and Surge, Politics News
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.

Read Post

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

OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 07.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Heather Wilson, John McCain Presidential Election 2008, Barack Obama Iraq Mccain, Sam Brownback Mccain, John Mccain Presidential Campaign 2008, John Mccain Surge, Randy Scheunemann John McCain, Sam Brownback, Heather Wilson Mccain Iraq, Barack Obama Surge, Barack Obama Surge Mccain, Barack Obama Iraq, Johm Mccain Iraq, John McCain 2008, Sam Brownback Iraq, Home News
OffTheBus Listening Post

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

Read Post

John McCain: Walking Zombie?

Sean Carman | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Iraq, Mccain Iraq Pakistan Border, John McCain Internet, McCain Afghanistan Border, Mccain Internet, John McCain Foreign Policy McCain Foreign Policy, John Mccain Surge, McCain Surge, John McCain Czechoslovakia, McCain Old, 236.Com, McCain Czechoslovakia, McCain Iraq, Politics News
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.

Read Post

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

ABC News | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Joe Lieberman John McCain, John Mccain Surge, Lieberman Fox News, Obama Iraq, Lieberman McCain, Barack Obama Iraq, Joe Lieberman, John McCain Iraq, Lieberman Fox, McCain Iraq, Politics News

"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 ...

Read Whole Story

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

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

Read More: John Mccain Surge, U.S. Troops, Iraq Surge, Warwire, John McCain, US Iraq Troop Levels, Politics News
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.

Read Post

Jason Linkins

Globe Columnist Gets It Right On Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, John McCain, Success of the Surge, George W. Bush, John Mccain Surge, Iraq, War in Iraq, Politics News

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...

Read Whole Story

Forget Petraeus, Bring Sadr to Washington

Bill Maher | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Maher John McCain, Petraeus Testimony, Petraeus Hearings, Success of the Surge, Sadr, Sadr Testimony, John Mccain Surge, Sadr Ceasefire, Iraq Surge, Iraq War Troops Levels, Bill Maher Iraq War, 236.Com, Bill Maher Sadr, General Petraeus's Recommendations, Politics News
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.

Read Post

How To Tell If Your Surge Is Working

Bill Cusack | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Mccain Surge, Iraq Surge, McCain Surge, Surge, Success of the Surge, Politics News
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.

Read Post

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

David Fiderer | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Study Group, John Mccain Surge, Iraq War, Baker-Hamilton, Iraq Surge, Iraq, Baker Hamilton Study Group, Politics News
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.

Read Post

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

Think Progress | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Mccain Surge, Mccain, John McCain, McCain Third Term, McCain Bush, McCain Iraq, John McCain Bush, Politics News

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...

Read Whole Story

McCain: Iraq War "Will Be Over Soon"

Think Progress | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Mccain Surge, McCain Iraq War, Iraq War, McCain Iraq 100 Years, Warwire, McCain 100 Years, Success of the Surge, War in Iraq, Politics News

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...

Read Whole Story

Security Gains From Surge Backsliding

Washington Independent | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Surge, Success of the Surge, Hillary Clinton Surge, John Mccain Surge, General Petraeus, War in Iraq, Iraq Insurgency, Politics News

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...

Read Whole Story


 

 Site  Web ask.com