if Obama wants to take issue with McCain's willingness to keep U.S. troops in Iraq for a hundred years in any capacity, that's obviously his right. But that's not the same as misleading voters about what McCain is proposing, Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
The article presents a trivial quibble over McCain's wording of his position on staying in Iraq, through sound bites promoted by mainstream media. For him to imply that we could occupy Iraq "as long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed" is fantastical. McCain's foreign policy goal implicitly demands Imperial occupation of other lands for U.S. gain, while Obama's intent appears to be movement away from occupation, at least in the Middle East. Neither candidate has articulated clear policy statements, and this article does little to clarify them.
