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McCain still lying about success of 'The Surge' (16 sec)

submitted by kronosposeidon

1 decade 5 years 11 months ago

From ThinkProgress.com: Today at a townhall meeting in Wisconsin, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) tried to claim that President Bush’s policies in Iraq are “succeeding,” by pointing to the “quiet” in Mosul and other cities:

'So 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.'

Mosul, however, is not quiet. In fact, today AP reported, “Another suicide bomber driving a police vehicle struck Iraqi commandos earlier Thursday in Mosul, killing three of them and wounding nine other people, according to battalion commander Capt. Aziz Latif.”

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"It is long, it is hard, and it's tough"

It's not just the Iraq war he's lying about.

"So 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."

... Is he saying that the war was succeeding before the surge? o.O

Even if it were true, "pre-surge levels" is nothing to be inspired about.

But what defines "success"? If the surge is "succeeding," he must have an idea of what the final goal is. As far as I can ascertain, the final goal is a self-sufficient, unified, democratic Iraq. I don't see how that is ever going to happen in our lifetimes.

it's totally working... check the gas prices.. check the oil stock prices... check the oil profits.... check the defense contractor profits....

guaranteed, everything is working as planned.

Great, he believes his own BS. Just like the last guy.

bluephoenix says...

Well he's lying about the pre-surge thing too. There are 20,000 more troops in Iraq now than there were before the surge. Isn't he the candidate who's supposed to know the most about the military and the war? And he's accusing Obama of not knowing his stuff?

^ You're right. He also lied about what he said when he was later questioned on that:

http://www.videosift.com/video/John-McCain-denies-making-gaffe-about-troop-levels

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