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McCain: U.S. not winning in Iraq
UPI ^ | August 20 2006

Posted on 08/20/2006 11:54:51 AM PDT by jmc1969

U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says the United States is not winning the war in Iraq and he still thinks more troops are needed on the ground.

McCain, a possible GOP presidential candidate in 2008, appeared Sunday on NBC News' "Meet the Press."

Asked whether the United States was winning the war, McCain said, "I don't think so, but I'm not sure that it's turned into a civil war ... I think it's been well documented now that we didn't have enough (troops) there from the beginning, that we allowed the looting, that we did not have control, particularly ... (in areas such as) the Sunni Triangle, which led to us paying a very heavy price."

McCain said U.S. troops must be able to deal with the insurgency, particularly Shiite militias.

He reaffirmed his stand that U.S. troops should not withdraw. "I want to emphasize that we cannot lose this," McCain said. "It will cause chaos in Iraq and in the region, and ... we must prevail."


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 109th; electionpresident; handwringers; iraq; killterroristsfaster; mccain; rino; rinosucks
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To: jmc1969

McCain & Russert should just get a room already & leave us alone.
Looting????
Why didn't he bring up the U.N. black helicopters or Jenin massacre while he was at it?
Oh well, hilllary will need a running mate.....


41 posted on 08/20/2006 1:09:26 PM PDT by Arkady
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To: wolf24

I was asked if I was attending the fundraising event and told the person they don't have enough money to pay me to attend. I would never make it through a complete speech of McCain's without walking out in disgust.


42 posted on 08/20/2006 1:09:51 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (God Bless America and the men and women who serve in our military!)
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To: BibChr

Our favorite (sarcasm) person is at it again!


43 posted on 08/20/2006 1:12:12 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (God Bless America and the men and women who serve in our military!)
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To: Longbow1969

In 1864 you would have been asking Lincoln why the war wasn't yet over. In 1790 similiar questions predicated on the negatives would have been directed at Washington. Hamilton would have been asked why we didn't have a complete public finance system. Roosevelt would have been asked in 1944 why Japan had not surrendered.

We are looking at a short time frame and expecting gigantic changes to occur within it. Changes of the magnitude we are working for will take decades, if not centuries.


45 posted on 08/20/2006 1:37:49 PM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (If you believe ANYTHING in the Treason Media you are a fool.)
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To: jumpertobriant
McCain only knows how wars are lost. He is preparing for the centrist Cut and Run solution. It all depends on what the polls say at the end of September.

Now what solution would he have to offer? Notice how he announces that We are losing the war, but offers no futher solution, leaving his options "open." I would agree with you accept McCain has not recommended an increase of trrops on the ground and attacks on Iranian operatives inside Iraq, as well as direct interdiction and harassment of Iraqi military resources. McCain knows what should be done, he isn't saying it, because Iran is using the same techniques used by North Vietnam to try and defeat the US in Iraq.Its the same old dual standard where we won't acknoledge the problem, Iraq, and go after them outside their own borders like we should have in Laos with the North Vietnamese.

I have no trust in McCain, nor do any true conservatives.He is finished as a presidential candidate, with this announcement.

To stop the Iranians they must be militarily destroyed ASAP.

There is no other solution.

46 posted on 08/20/2006 1:44:09 PM PDT by Candor7 (Into Liberal flatulance goes the best hope of the West, and who wants to be a smart feller?)
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To: jmc1969

Sure is a lot of hot air coming from the mouths of would be RINO candidates. Hagel has about as much chance of becoming the nominee as I do. McPain, slightly more.


47 posted on 08/20/2006 1:48:27 PM PDT by SMM48
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To: BW2221

You are spot on. But I think there were only a few hundred kamikaze's and there are literally millions of jihadist who will strap on a vest and blow up a portion of a mall near you or me...America does not know this kind of fear yet..but i fear one day they will see it.


48 posted on 08/20/2006 1:49:27 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: jmc1969

McCain was on one of those Sunday morning talk shows....You're kidding? (obvious sarcasm)


50 posted on 08/20/2006 1:52:01 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: jmc1969

"McVain" is politically fashion-concious and MSM-dependent...not exactly strong-leadership material...


51 posted on 08/20/2006 1:55:56 PM PDT by citizencon
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To: pipecorp
McCain not winning in U.S.

Wish I knew how to repost your "headline" in large, bold words. MEGA-BUMP!

52 posted on 08/20/2006 2:03:35 PM PDT by Chena ("I'm not young enough to know everything." (Oscar Wilde))
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To: FlingWingFlyer
TAKE THE CUFFS OFF!!

I just received an "Emergency Survey Document" in the mail from the RNC, on the letterhead of George Allen.

I sent it back to him, with most of the questions changed..daring him to answer me.

The first question was on "NATIONAL DEFENSE AND HOMELAND SECURITY": "Do you agree that we should give out troops the chance to finish the job in Iraq and give the all the support they need for Thur mission"?

Political Speech! I told him as much..I said send me another that reads: "Do yo agree that we should give our troops the chance to KILL THE ENEMY WITHOUT FEAR OF POLITICALY CORRECT OUTRAGE, COURT TRIALS AND JAIL TIME?

Second question "Would you support military action against any nation known to be harboring terrorists or aiding terrorist organizations?

Political Speech! I told him as much..I said send me another that reads: "WOULD YOU DEMAND MILITARY ACTION against any nation known to be harboring terrorists or aiding terrorists without seeking PERMISSION from the corrupt, irrelevant U.N.?

I would encourage anyone who gets these PC Surveys from the RNC..to change the question to suit the problem and send it back to the Letterhead addressee.

53 posted on 08/20/2006 2:11:37 PM PDT by Mad Dash
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To: jmc1969

54 posted on 08/20/2006 2:16:20 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of "dependence on government"!)
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To: jmc1969

The loser in McCain's scenario is McCain. A daddy's boy still trying to fly an airplane.


55 posted on 08/20/2006 2:16:44 PM PDT by hgro
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To: jmc1969

McCain is really a self absorbed little Jerk.


56 posted on 08/20/2006 2:18:35 PM PDT by chatham
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68
The truth is that the US is not at "war" with or in Ieaq.....it is prestaged for a real war to come in the region or a deterrent to one......

Food for thought in that statement. One question: What does HUMINT stand for?
57 posted on 08/20/2006 2:20:46 PM PDT by Flora McDonald (got teufelhunden?)
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To: jmc1969
The biggest problem is not money, troops on the ground or limiting the ability of our troops to fight (although those are problems).

The biggest problem is the cut and run MSM, libs and dems. Their cowardly statements cause the people of Iraq to think that we will not stay around to help them so they feel obliged to take up arms on their own. In addition, these statements cause the instigators of violence (Iran, Al-Qaida, ...) to believe that they will be able to drive the US out if they just keep up the pressure.

Polls seem to show that the people of the US gutlessly agree with the cut and run cowards further inflaming the violence.

58 posted on 08/20/2006 2:31:49 PM PDT by etlib (No creature without tentacles has ever developed true intelligence)
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McCain is an armchair quarterback.


59 posted on 08/20/2006 2:32:06 PM PDT by webboy45
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