Quote Originally Posted by redGT
My post is gonna be a little all over the place so bear with me.

1. Yea there isn't anything about Iraq in my paper but it is essentially the same premiss(SP?). If we don't finish the job that we have already starte as many have said "for the wrong reasons", then we are doomed to repeat history.

2. McCain's comment has been taken out of context so many times it's not even funny. Just another great example of reporting and distorting on the part of the mainstream media.

3.My opinion on Afghanistan is in agreeance with Obama we took our eye off the ball. But like McCain has said we have to finish what we have started in Iraq to succeed in Iraq. Hell we don't even know for sure if Bin Laden is still alive.

4. Why are we still there. There are a set of objectives in Iraq and as of a few months ago we had completed 12 of the 15 or 17(I'm not entirely sure). I would assume that once we have completed those that we will pull out.

5. The last part of your comment I honestly can't answer since I was pretty young the first time we went in.
we can still finish the job (whatever that may be), but part of finishing the job is pulling out. mccain's comment has been taken "literally" because of ppl like his "foreign policy advisor/head of national security." the bottom line is, the people don't want a war without a cause. there doesn't seem to be much of a cause left in iraq. if the top military commander (who is physically on the ground there), and current commander in chief can agree that it's time to begin a troop withdrawl, then why do we need to listen to someone like mccain on the matter? i'm sorry but, one can only ASSUME that someone like him has something further to gain in the matter than just america's security. obama's words are getting far more twisted than mccain's...iraq is closing to an end...time to begin moving out and focusing on the initial target....bin laden and afghanistan.