John Mccain flip flops on Afghanistan, copies Obama position
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Is everybody missing this? That McCain is now trying to catch up to Obama on Afghanistan? In fact, he's now adopting Obama's position.
Obama has been saying for almost a year that more troops are needed in Afghanistan. McCain has said that wasn't the case, that Iraq was the central battleground in the war on terror. Moreover, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs says that we need more troops in Afghanistan but we none are available unless we pull substantial numbers out of Iraq -- which McCain is ruling out.
So let's all say it out loud: McCain is now copying Obama's position on Afghanistan.
And with troops that he doesn't have since he's against pulling any out of Iraq.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/204166.php
Until yesterday, McCain has only advocated sending NATO troops. This may be because as long as we stay in Iraq, we have no additional troops to send. (Though McCain also thinks that "Afghanistan is not in trouble because of our diversion to Iraq." Oddly enough, there's also this: "The most "critical" difference between the two candidates, McCain said, is Obama's belief that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are disconnected." All very confusing.)
Democrats have been saying for years that we need more troops in Afghanistan, and that one of the huge costs of invading Iraq was that it diverted attention and resources from Afghanistan. Offhand, the first time I can think of that Obama said this was in his speech opposing the invasion:
"You want a fight, President Bush? Let's finish the fight with Bin Laden and al-Qaeda, through effective, coordinated intelligence, and a shutting down of the financial networks that support terrorism, and a homeland security program that involves more than color-coded warnings."
http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/07/mccain-on-afgha.html
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they have this so mixed up.
Barrack OSAMA was the one that copied John Mccain
The world turns around itself day in day out and goes around the sun year in year out and what goes around comes around.
Our thinking and emotions disperse into the atmosphere that we continue to travel through.
Generations continually treading over the same ground and coming up with the same solutions!