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McCain Sets a Date

                   
nytimes.com
May 15, 2008
        
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Who’s buying it? In other words, the Iraq war has been “won,” but only for certain, extremely odd, definitions of won. Of course, keeping plenty of troops in Iraq means no one can say this isn’t keeping with McCain’s dreamy vision for 2108 — that we’ll still be fighting in Iraq. Nor the right —... [read full story]                    

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Obama, McCain grow closer on Iraq as election nears (AFP)

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McCain believes Iraq war can be won by 2013

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Obama, McCain grow closer on Iraq as election nears (AFP)

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May 17, 2008
        

by Daphne Benoit 1 hour, 19 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AFP) - After starting out with radically opposing views, White House hopefuls Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama appear to be moving closer together on Iraq as the election draws nearer. McCain had fiercely rejected any suggestion...

                   

Bush, McCain paint neocon dreams for Middle East

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May 17, 2008
        

The president who led the US to war with Iraq also opined, "Iran and Syria will be peaceful nations, with today's oppression a distant memory." By the end of his first term, he went on, the threat from the Taliban in Afghanistan will have been greatly reduced, Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and...

                   

McCain outlines vision of Iraq victory

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May 17, 2008
        

Columbus, Ohio — Republican John McCain declared for the first time Thursday he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013, although he rejected suggestions that his talk of a timetable put him on the same side as Democrats clamoring for full-scale troop withdrawals. The Republican presidential...

                   

How Does It Feel, Senator McCain?

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May 17, 2008
        

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT Senator McCain. I wonder how he feels today. Senator McCain went out there yesterday, made this speech in which he pretended it's 2013, the end of his first term, looking back at all the things that have been accomplished, and you just know that the attitude he has when he makes...

                   

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May 17, 2008
        

Winner-take-all system is an undemocratic way of electing a nominee. It is the antithesis of majority rule. Once a candidate attains the requisite number of delegates for nomination, the rest is an exercise in futility. There is no perfect system, but the Democratic Party may have devised one...

                   
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Bush, McCain paint neocon dreams for Middle East

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May 16, 2008
        

In separate speeches delivered an ocean apart, the two standard-bearers of the Republican Party on Thursday offered rosy visions of a future designed to gladden the hearts of Israel-centered neoconservatives without offering any details about how their dreams will be achieved.

                   

Iraq war will be won by 2013: McCain

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May 16, 2008
        

Delivering a speech at Greater Columbus Convention Center in Ohio on Thursday, McCain said: 'By January 2013, America has welcomed home most of the servicemen and women who have sacrificed terribly so that America might be secure in her freedom. The Iraq War has been won. Iraq is a functioning...

                   

Danger: Tough Talk & Wishful Thinking

trueblueliberal.com
May 16, 2008
        

From The Consortium News By Robert Parry If the American people should have learned one lesson from the past seven years, it is that the careless mix of tough talk and wishful thinking gets good people killed – and pushes even powerful nations to the brink of bankruptcy. Yet, the current and...

                   

McCain’s Amazing Iraq Somersault

trueblueliberal.com
May 16, 2008
        

From Salon By Joe Conason For a straight-talking maverick, John McCain certainly knows how to parse and pander. During this year’s campaign he has already flipped and flopped on such major issues as taxation and immigration to pacify the Republican base — but now he has executed a stunning...

                   

US can win Iraq war within four years - McCain

gulfnews.com
May 16, 2008
        

Columbus, Ohio : Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Thursday said he believes the Iraq war can be "won" within four years, leaving a functioning democracy there and allowing most US troops to come home. The senator's two Democratic rivals for the White House, Barack Obama and...

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