Grandpa McCain makes ANOTHER gaffe... (where was Whispering-Joe?)

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/15/army-times-catches-anothe_n_96694.html

Great! 8 years of a dim-bulb president who reads phonetically-written scripts off of TelePrompters and cue cards, now we're on our way to one who doesn't remember the difference between Sunnis & Shi'ites, the battles & Iraq & Afghanistan, and what he ate for breakfast.


Speaking Monday at the annual meeting of the Associated Press, McCain was asked whether he, if elected, would shift combat troops from Iraq to Afghanistan to intensify the search for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

"I would not do that unless Gen. Petraeus said that he felt that the situation called for that," McCain said, referring to the top U.S. commander in Iraq.

Petraeus, however, made clear last week that he has nothing to do with the decision. Testifying last week before four congressional committees, including the Senate Armed Services Committee on which McCain is the ranking Republican, Petraeus said the decision about whether troops could be shifted from Iraq to Afghanistan was not his responsibility because his portfolio is limited to the multi-national force in Iraq.

Decisions about Afghanistan would be made by others, he said.

"I've been sort of focused on another task," Petraeus said when pressed about whether more troops should be diverted to Afghanistan rather than Iraq.