McCain Lies, Flip-Flops About His War Plans

Sounds a bit like Nixon's "secret plan" to end the war in Vietnam:

Sen. John McCain will pledge today that most American troops will return home from Iraq by 2013 if he is elected president, a position that closely resembles the promises made by both of his potential Democratic rivals....

McCain has repeatedly resisted offering a timeline for withdrawal of U.S. troops, saying that to do so would be tantamount to giving terrorists a timeline for defeat. During the Florida primary, McCain was withering in his criticism of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney for what he said was support of a withdrawal timeline.

Just last month, McCain said that "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. It is a failure of leadership.''

Don't believe a word this guy says. He thinks we are winning in Iraq, he's happy to keep our troops there, and once elected president nobody would be able to stop him from starting more wars.



My prediction: McCain catches flak for his flip-flop from angry right wingers. He issues clarification, stating that this is merely a "best case scenario, not a guarantee", thus undoing whatever political benefit he's trying to pull from this crap. Second, this destroys any criticism McCain can make of a "precipitous withdrawal" by Obama. After all, McCain has talked about doing the same thing! Third, this depresses the hard core Republican base even more. If McCain isn't gonna be hard core on the war, they why did they even nominate him?

McCain is trying to fool the American people. But he's gonna get from all sides on this one, as he should. Only the media will eat it up.