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- sharpfork, on 10/02/2008, -0/+11Since McCain is down in the polls and the MSM media wants the election to be a race to the finish, this will fade into the background. A close race means higher ratings for the MSM. Their whole business model depends on ratings.
- inactive, on 10/02/2008, -0/+9Wait: "Iraq style surge of forces"? We increased the number of troops to over 150,000, and just yesterday said we would keep those troop levels through JULY-2009 MINIMUM.
What "surge"? We have an increased in troop numbers, period. It isn't a "surge". It is adding more troops for an unlimited time frame. Putting the number of troops in there that we SHOULD have from the beginning. - Echota, on 01/05/2009, -0/+8FTA: Top U.S. general in Afghanistan disagrees with McCain: “The word I don’t use for Afghanistan is ‘surge.’”»
In last Friday’s presidential debate, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that “the same strategy” that Gen. David Petraeus implemented in Iraq is “going to have to be employed in Afghanistan.” But McCain’s claim was undercut yesterday when Gen. David D. McKiernan, the new top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, “stated emphatically that no Iraq-style “surge” of forces will end the conflict there“:
Speaking in Washington yesterday, McKiernan described Afghanistan as “a far more complex environment than I ever found in Iraq.” The country’s mountainous terrain, rural population, poverty, illiteracy, 400 major tribal networks and history of civil war all make for unique challenges, he said.
“The word I don’t use for Afghanistan is ’surge,’ ” McKiernan stressed, saying that what is required is a “sustained commitment” to a counterinsurgency effort that could last many years and would ultimately require a political, not military, solution.
McKiernan also said that he doubts that “another facet of the Iraq strategy” — the U.S. military’s programs to recruit tribes to oppose insurgents — can be duplicated in Afghanistan. “I don’t want the military to be engaging the tribes,” said McKiernan.
Update: In July, McCain called for a "surge" in Afghanistan.
Update: In her interview with CBS News' Katie Couric, McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, declared that "a surge in Afghanistan also will lead us to victory there, as it has proven to have done in Iraq."
Come on,tell me John McCain and Sarah Palin are the one's who are qualified to be the next leaders of The United States Of America!
Come on,tell me John McCain and Sarah Palin show the Best Judgement for America!
Come on.tell me that John McCain and Sarah Palin are more experienced with foreign policy!
I'll call you a damn Liar! Just like McCain/Palin is!
Obama/Biden 08! - AmericanElitist, on 10/02/2008, -0/+6McCain’s claim was undercut yesterday when Gen. David D. McKiernan, the new top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, “stated emphatically that no Iraq-style “surge” of forces will end the conflict there“:
- paintgrl, on 10/02/2008, -0/+5Wow finally some one who is not retired military saying something about the war and against McCain's position. I know you can't get involved in politics publicly when enlisted, but I am still glad Gen. David D. McKiernan spoke up. I know many enlisted people and all of them said the same thing about McCain. Being a POW made him, if he had never been captured, no one would have heard of him.
- SSPink, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3Rove decided that we couldn't call this escalation an "escalation" or people would object, but if they called it a "surge" they could convince the uninformed and the stupid that this was somehow temporary.
- inactive, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2Mission Accomplished
- deem1890, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2"He makes Cheney look like Ghandi.." Pat Buchanan
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