So are we going to stay in Iraq even after the Iraqis have signaled they want us to leave? Once upon a time, John McCain said we'd leave Iraq if the Iraqis asked us to. McCain also has eviscerated anyone who has even mentioned the possibility of a timetable. Well, the Iraqis are talking about one, so what does McCain have to say now?
Here's what McCain had to say in 2004 when speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations:
Question: "What would or should we do if, in the post-June 30th period, a so-called sovereign Iraqi government asks us to leave, even if we are unhappy about the security situation there?"
McCain's: "Well, if that scenario evolves than I think it's obvious that we would have to leave because -- if it was an elected government of Iraq, and we've been asked to leave other places in the world. If it were an extremist government then I think we would have other challenges, but I don't see how we could stay when our whole emphasis and policy has been based on turning the Iraqi government over to the Iraqi people." (Council of Foreign Relations, 4/22/04)
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