McCain: Obama tried to legislate Iraqi failure

[Terri]

By PHILIP ELLIOTT
Associated Press
August 19, 2008

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- John McCain told fellow veterans Monday that Democratic rival Barack Obama tried to legislate failure in Iraq and has refused to admit he erred when opposing the military increase there last year.

McCain said Obama placed his political self-interest ahead of his country's, a theme the Arizona Republican has often repeated. McCain told a friendly convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars that Obama's positions changed as his political ambitions grew.

"With less than three months to go before the election, a lot of people are still trying to square Sen. Obama's varying positions on the surge in Iraq. First, he opposed the surge and confidently predicted that it would fail. Then he tried to prevent funding for the troops who carried out the surge," McCain said.

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[MrJLDoug]

Barack Obama thinks we should bring this war to a responsible end "
.

Responsible? In a pigs eye. All fellow Nam vets
understand responsible endings.

"The lasting advantage of a peaceful and democratic ally in the heart of the Middle East could still be squandered by hasty withdrawal and arbitrary timelines. And this is one of many problems in the shifting positions of my opponent, Sen. Obama," McCain said.

The insurgency in Iraq will not end as long as there is a chance of Obama winning POTUS or if he does become President. If we are to achieve victory and not defeat in Iraq, Obama must be defeated at home.

[FlaJim]

This pronouncement about Hussein isn't really news. The fact that McCain uttered it is.