John McCain suggested that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden would "follow us home" from Iraq?

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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/05/27/gop_rivals_embrace_unproven_iraq_911_tie/

GOP rivals embrace unproven Iraq-9/11 tie
By Peter S. Canellos, Globe Staff | May 27, 2007

WASHINGTON -- In defending the Iraq war, leading Republican presidential contenders are increasingly echoing words and phrases used by President Bush in the run-up to the war that reinforce the misleading impression that Iraq was responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

In the May 15 Republican debate in South Carolina, Senator John McCain of Arizona suggested that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden would "follow us home" from Iraq -- a comment some viewers may have taken to mean that bin Laden was in Iraq, which he is not.

Former New York mayor Rudolph Guiliani asserted, in response to a question about Iraq, that "these people want to follow us here and they have followed us here. Fort Dix happened a week ago. "

However, none of the six people arrested for allegedly plotting to attack soldiers at Fort Dix in New Jersey were from Iraq.

[Kagemusha]

1. The correct version is that "Al Qaeda" or simply "they" will follow us home.

It pains my brain to see a person take a statement by Bush and mangle it MORE.

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2. Good. Then maybe someone could catch him.

[drm604]

3. He can't find the way by himself?

:shrug:

[bamacrat]

4. Shampoo is not allowed on a plane, why would a seven foot Arab lugging a dialysis machine be?

No one is following "us" here, they are already here, bringing them over would be too dificult now.

[Cobalt-60]

5. Follow us home is ridiculous

There is no proper declaration of war, so He could just buy a ticket.

[muntrv]

6. Rudy, the Fort Dix culprits came from Eastern Europe, not Iraq, dumbass.

And John, if Osama is in Iraq, then we should catch him and go home. BUT HE'S NOT IN IRAQ!

[camero]

7. He probably already has

You know, a few cocktails in the WH, some time in the House of Saud. All in between kidney dialysis I'm sure.
But Bush isn't that much concerned about him, no. :sarcasm: