MATT LAUER: Do you now have a better estimate of when American forces can come home from Iraq?
JOHN MCCAIN: No, but that's not too important.
See the video here.
First off, the man is an idiot. He's made theshttp://draft.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gife comments before, a lot. Remember how the Republicans kept saying that McCain's "100 years" comment about Iraq was out of context? Now that there's a pattern, it's a lot harder to discount. McCain has no desire to ever withdraw from Iraq. And he keeps claiming that that's okay - the only issue we should be concerned about is "casualties," otherwise we can stay in Iraq forever. Really? You mean the $100+ billion a year we're spending/wasting on Iraq means nothing to Mr. McCain, the guy who claims that wasteful government spending is his signature issue? And the impact on our war readiness, the fact that our troops are now not ready to fight another war, should it arise, because they're getting so tired out in Iraq and Afghanistan, McCain is now saying that this is no longer a problem or consideration - we can just keep them fighting forever, at no cost? He's lying, again. Or, once again, Mr. McCain has lost any sense of reality.
UPDATE: Harry Reid just weighed in...
Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today in response to Senator John McCain’s comment this morning that it is “not too important” when our troops can redeploy from Iraq:
“McCain’s statement today that withdrawing troops doesn’t matter is a crystal clear indicator that he just doesn’t get the grave national-security consequences of staying the course – Osama bin Laden is freely plotting attacks, our efforts in Afghanistan are undermanned, and our military readiness has been dangerously diminished. We need a smart change in strategy to make America more secure, not a commitment to indefinitely keep our troops in an intractable civil war.”
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