McCain says U.S. succeeding in Iraq; Wouldn't change course

[DeepModem Mom]

Source: CNN/AP

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) — Fresh off his eighth Iraq visit, Sen. John McCain declared Monday that "we are succeeding" and said he wouldn't change course — even as the U.S. death toll rose to 4,000 and the war entered its sixth year. To underscore his view of the stakes in Iraq, the certain Republican presidential nominee twice referenced a recent audio tape from Osama bin Laden in which the al-Qaeda leader urged followers to join the al-Qaeda fight in Iraq and called the country "the greatest opportunity and the biggest task."

"For the first time, I have seen Osama bin Laden and General (David) Petraeus in agreement, and, that is, a central battleground in the battle against al-Qaeda is in Iraq today. And that's what bin Laden was saying and that's what General Petraeus is saying and that's what I'm saying, my friends," McCain said.

"And my Democrat opponents who want to pull out of Iraq refuse to understand what's being said and what's happening — and that is the central battleground is Iraq in this struggle against radical Islamic extremism," he added. McCain also said Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton were naive and "dead wrong" to want to withdraw troops.

"We're succeeding. I don't care what anybody says. I've seen the facts on the ground," the Arizona senator insisted a day after a roadside bomb in Baghdad killed four U.S. soldiers and rockets pounded the U.S.-protected Green Zone there, and a wave of attacks left at least 61 Iraqis dead nationwide. The events transpired as bin Laden called on the people of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Saudi Arabia to "help in support of their mujahedeen brothers in Iraq, which is the greatest opportunity and the biggest task."

Despite all that, McCain told reporters: "I don't think I would change the strategy now unless General Petraeus recommended it. I think he's trusted by the American people, the president and by me. And General Petraeus again showed me facts on the ground where the surge is succeeding."...

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-03-24-mccain-iraq_N.htm

[Medical Speaking]

1. Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran

Just another George idiot Bush. When will this madness end...

[jimshoes]

2. Say john, How is that helping to fix the

potholes in my state's roadways, or fix the crumbling 100 year old water mains? In other words, screw Iraq, fix America first.

[Ganja Ninja]

3. Keep on talking Senator.

Keep digging that hole your candidacy and your party will be buried in.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3242060

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3241350

[grytpype]

4. I don't get how he is electable.

I really don't get it.

[ryanmuegge]

6. The media.

[BadgerKid]

7. Dem(s) need to attack McCain

The longer the Dems do not (or can not) attack McCain, the more M$M gets to solidify the war with McCain.

It's win-win for M$M. :puke:

[Virginia Dare]

5. So Petraeus and Bin Laden are in agreement..

that we should stay in Iraq?....:crazy:

[Lautremont]

8. Key phrase: "I don't care what anybody says."

Where have we heard that before?

[DeepModem Mom]

13. Good catch. We have defintiely heard that before. nt

[Dr.Phool]

9. Been taking a nap during the news lately, eh John?

[bdamomma]

10. Mc Same appropriate name for him

voting for this man will be like committing suicide, this man is not well either.

[bdamomma]

11. continue to see this country fall beyond the radar if we won't change course.

Bin Laden (if he is still alive) must be laughing at all of us. The downfall of America continues.

[Doctor_J]

12. Keep those campaign commercials (for us) coming, you old fossil

2/3 of the voters think we're on the wrong course. McCain is running a Dole-ish campaign.

[cliss]

14. Mc Cain:

Looking more and more like Lon Chaney.

[brentspeak]

15. And the question is: Is McCain on a) crack; or b) angel dust?

[and-justice-for-all]

16. Every time I hear him talk, he sounds like he is on some thing..

...he always sounds rather medicated.

[annabanana]

17. And the Mahdi Army & the Sunni Awakening are just joking around.

You know, horsing around like a couple of kids....

[Solly Mack]

18. so he wants to "stay the course"

regular little Bush-Cheney fly-blow isn't he?