Reply #56: The Quakers brought this up and got NSA'ed ; McCain knew in 2004 or before

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The Quaker's question and map of the Permanent Bases
http://www.fcnl.org/iraq/bases.htm

...while in June 2005 Bush was saying, 'As Iraqis stand up, we'll stand down'. What a liar.

In the meantime if Congress knew this Sen McCain was using it in his statements to CNN , see Bob Herbert's 'Heads In The Sand' column for NYTimes,

"Bob Herbert Op-Ed column says Sen John McCain expects United States military to remain in Iraq for 'probably' 10 or 20 years; says Americans did not expect that when war was sold to them; notes that no speakers at Republican National Conventional were as candid as McCain; says that despite Republicans' macho posturing, wave of terror that has been unleashed on world is only growing and that American-led war in Iraq has caused it to swell rather than ebb; says Americans need serious, honest discussion of where to go from here; worries that nation is following tragic road in Iraq similar to one in Vietnam that tore America apart"

Herbert's NYTimes column appeared as
Heads in the Sand
September 3, 2004, Friday
By BOB HERBERT (NYT); Editorial Desk
Late Edition - Final, Section A, Page 19, Column 5, 764 words

Yet the ass-hat McCain wants to deepen our committment to Iraq while simutaneously destroying our military, as Murtha and others have pointed out. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Permanent bases and huge embassies and troop committments all are bleeding the US taxpayer dry.