McCain agrees with Obama: US lives wasted in Iraq

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_on_el_pr/mccain2008_19

Hmmm... Obama caved in to pressure to apologize (or clarify) when he said US lives had been wasted in Iraq. Those sqawking loudest came from McCain's end of the political spectrum. Now, it appears McCain has flip-flopped a 180. Surprise.



"Americans are very frustrated, and they have every right to be," McCain said Wednesday on CBS' "Late Show With David Letterman." "We've wasted a lot of our most precious treasure, which is American lives."

McCain, who repeated his assertion that U.S. troops must remain in Iraq rather than withdrawing early, made the "wasted" remark after confirming to Letterman what has been clear for at least a year or more — that he's in the running for the 2008 Republican nomination.

"I am announcing that I will be a candidate for president of the United States," he said — and added that he would officially enter the race by giving a formal announcement speech to that effect in April after a visit to Iraq.

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"Senator McCain should apologize immediately for his callous comments," said Karen Finney, a DNC spokeswoman. "How is it that John McCain now believes American lives are being wasted, yet he so stubbornly supports the president's plan to escalate the war in Iraq and put more American lives in harms way?"

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1. nice catch

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2. And Where Are the Calls For McCain to Apologize??????

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3. Waste (verb):

1. to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander. If that doesn't describe being killed in a war of choice, based on falsehoods, that has accomplished nothing of lasting value, then I don't know what does. To say that the lives of those who have died have been wasted does not demean their service or question their bravery and sacrifice. It simply points out that they were sent on a worthless mission. It is lost on me why calling their deaths what they are creates such a furor.