McCain, Obama at odds over Iraqi withdrawal demand

[maddezmom]

Source: AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Iraq's hardening demand for a pullout deadline for US troops on Tuesday sent shockwaves through the White House campaign, putting Republican hopeful John McCain on the defensive.

McCain, who says it is too early to leave Iraq, said US pull-backs must be dictated by security conditions, after Democrat Barack Obama said the Iraqi government now shared his desire for a timetable for withdrawals.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday that Iraq was seeking such an arrangement in talks with Washington on the future US force structure in the country.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080708/ts_alt_afp/usvoteiraq_080708225259

[Cant trust em]

1. McCain seems to forget that we are guests in their country. NT

[speedoo]

2. McCain forgets a lot of stuff. nt

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. Like...

Pulling down his zipper when he has a pee.

[maddezmom]

4. yeah, like saying we would have to leave if asked

McCAIN: Well, if that scenario evolves, then I think it's obvious that we would have to leave because— if it was an elected government of Iraq— and we've been asked to leave other places in the world. If it were an extremist government, then I think we would have other challenges, but I don't see how we could stay when our whole emphasis and policy has been based on turning the Iraqi government over to the Iraqi people.

PETERSON: A second and final question from me. As you know—

McCAIN: By the way, could I— if we do it right, that's not going to happen, but we will be there militarily for a long, long, long time.

more:http://www.cfr.org/publication/6973/

[speedoo]

7. Another day, another McCain flip-flop.

Thanks for the posts.

K&R.

[NYC Liberal]

10. Guests? More like intruders. nt

[rpannier]

5. It's their country

They should have the right to make that decision

[Arkana]

6. If the Iraqis want us out then we need to leave.

That should be our "out"--that after a certain point, we're just gate-crashers.

[DWilliamsamh]

8. Not only has McCain forgotten he said exactly that...I bet Bush gets

Amnesia as well.

[crikkett]

12. "after a certain point, we're just gate-crashers." = understatement of the year! n/t

[grytpype]

9. Let's face facts:

Who wants us to leave:

The American People
The American Military
The Iraqi People
The Iraqi Government

Who wants us to stay:
Bush
Cheney
McCain

[FMArouet]

11. And ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Halliburton, KBR, Blackwater, Lockheed Martin,

Northrop Grumman, Boeing, General Dynamics, Carlyle Group, BAE, and the members of the looting class who own large blocks of their shares.