Troops home from Iraq by 2013: McCain

[NNN0LHI]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080515/ts_alt_afp/usvoteiraqmccain

Thu May 15, 11:40 AM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Republican candidate John McCain laid out for the first time Thursday a timeline to end the Iraq war, arguing he would get most US troops home by 2013 if elected president.

The Arizona senator said also that Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden would be captured or killed, and that the threat from the Taliban in Afghanistan would be greatly reduced by the end of his first term in the White House.

"By January 2013, America has welcomed home most of the servicemen and women who have sacrificed terribly so that America might be secure in her freedom," McCain said in a speech in Columbus, Ohio.

"The Iraq war has been won. Iraq is a functioning democracy, although still suffering from the lingering effects of decades of tyranny and centuries of sectarian tension," he said in his crystal ball speech.

[LakeSamish706]

1. He's lying just to get elected... n/t

[marmar]

2. John McCain won't remember his name by 2013.......

..... the man is already slipping into dementia.

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. You notice it is after his imaginary first term?

That you need to vote for his second imaginary 2nd term
to see to fruition?

[Canuckistanian]

4. Yippee! The war is over!

Just think - my kid will be in high school - and he was 6 years old when this "war" started.

I thank FSM that I'm Canadian.

[Turbineguy]

5. Meaning:

He's leaving it for his successor.

On Edit: There's a big "IF" attached to that.