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Old 02-29-2008, 07:06 PM
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Default AP story discredits Dems(esp Obama) on McCain 100 years.

Well... wow.... the Associated Press actually discreditng a Demcrats moron routine.
I'm surprised.

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WASHINGTON -

No John McCain is not proposing a 100-year war in Iraq.



The future Republican presidential nominee and the Democrats vying to run against him in the fall are engaged in a debate of sorts over how long U.S. troops should stay in Iraq and under what circumstances.

That's a genuine point of contention. But Hillary Rodham Clinton and especially Barack Obama have distilled McCain's position into sound bite oversimplifications, suggesting he foresees a war without end in anyone's lifetime.

THE SPIN:

Obama: "We are bogged down in a war that John McCain now suggests might go on for another 100 years."

Clinton: "I've also been a leader in trying to prevent President Bush from getting us committed to staying in Iraq regardless, for as long as Senator McCain and others have said it might be — 50 to 100 years."

THE FACTS:

The Democrats leave out a vital caveat.

When McCain was asked about Bush's theory that U.S. troops could be in Iraq for 50 years, the senator said: "Maybe 100. As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed, it's fine with me, and I hope it would be fine with you, if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where al-Qaida is training, recruiting, equipping and motivating people every single day."

A troop presence that does not involve Americans being harmed is, by definition, not a war.

That hasn't stopped the Democrats from making hay with the comment on a frequent basis. And it's seeped down to voters, one of whom challenged McCain this week on his remark.

The senator pointed to the half-century or longer U.S. presence in South Korea and other parts of the world where forces are stationed to deter conflict, not fight one.

"No American argues against our military presence in Korea or Japan or Germany or Kuwait or other places, or Turkey, because America is not receiving casualties," he said. In fact, some Americans do argue against permanent bases in far-flung places, but not with the same vigor they oppose a war with casualties.

The White House said in May that Bush envisioned a long-term U.S. troop presence in Iraq similar to the one in South Korea, where American forces have helped keep an uneasy peace for more than 50 years.
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I figured the run of the mill media would simply let that manure routine to continue without any real comment.

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"Maybe 100. As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed, it's fine with me, and I hope it would be fine with you, if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where al-Qaida is training, recruiting, equipping and motivating people every single day."

if americans arent getting harmed what would our troops be doing there? serving coffee while al qaidas training, recruiting, equipping and motivating people every single day? lol. you guys will believe anything.
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Well, it is shocking. I thought the MSM would never call Barack or Hillary out for their lies, even one as obvious as this one.
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did you know the word, gullible isnt in the dictionary, 12th?

would one of you guys care to explain how no americans will be harmed in a very volatile place with an active al qaeda? someone explain how those clauses (in the same sentence) go together.
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lol, is that mccain drooling in that cartoon? man, things really go downhill after 90.

i found a summary of the article that might be easier for you to follow, duh:

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Looks like Chris Matthews.
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Well, it is shocking. I thought the MSM would never call Barack or Hillary out for their lies, even one as obvious as this one.
Neither did I but now WE ALL KNOW its a bogus claim.
Somehow I bet the people who use it here and with (D) next to their name don't care..they never have much cared about facts or reality before....
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I've seen the video where McCain says the one hundred year deal.

I've seen him in debates and on Larry King Live defending it by saying, "No American lives lost."

But my problem is being in Iraq FOR THE NEXT ONE HUNRED YEARS!

I don't care if you call it a war, a presence or a tea party. I don't want to be in another country for one hundred years for godsakes.

Many nations have tried to stabalize this region and have failed and went home packing. Yet, we have morons that think we can stabalize it and don't mind having future generations do it.

We won't be in Iraq for 100 years. We can't be. The Iraqi's will force us out by diplomacy (pfft) or physical force. They don't want us in their country.
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McCain never implied that we would be in Iraq if they did not want us there. Read what McCain actually said, in context for a change.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...-the-iraq-war/
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