McCain Calls Plans to Withdraw From Iraq â??Recklessâ??

[Markass]

KANSAS CITYâ??Senator John McCain painted a highly positive picture of American progress in Iraq today as he implicitly criticized his Democratic competitors, Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, for what he called a policy of â??withdraw and re-invadeâ?� and for basing their positions on the war on political ambition.

â??Those who disregard the unmistakable progress we have made in the last year and the terrible consequences that would ensue were we to abandon our responsibilities in Iraq have chosen another road,â??â?? Mr. McCain said in a speech to a gathering of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. â??It may appear to be the easier course of action, but it is a much more reckless one, and it does them no credit even if it gives them an advantage in the next election.â??â??

In remarks delivered a day before General David Petraeus, the commander of American forces in Iraq, is to testify before two committees and the three presidential candidates on Capitol Hill, Mr. McCain declared that the United States is â??no longer staring into the abyss of defeat.â??â??

Instead, he said, America â??can now look ahead to the genuine prospect of success.â??â??
Mr. McCain said the U.S. could achieve the goal of an Iraq that no longer needs American troops â??perhaps sooner than many imagine,â??â?? but called for no withdrawals, as Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama have. â??To promise a withdrawal of our forces from Iraq, regardless of the calamitous consequences to the Iraqi people, our most vital interests, and the future of the Middle East, is the height of irresponsibility,â??â?? Mr. McCain said. â??It is a failure of leadership.â??â??
McCain Calls Plans to Withdraw From Iraq Reckless - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog

I couldn't agree more.......:thumbsup:

Have a good one!:s4:

That's also coming from the ignorant bastard who said we should be there for the next 50-100 years 'if we have to' When do we win this war?? When the people who have been fighting each other for thousands of years over religion stop?? When our country falls apart because we keep printing money out of thin air...

This war is nothing but a motherfucking joke...I wish they'd hurry up and initiate a draft so I'd have an excuse to leave this place.