McCain (Mis)Speaks

Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel by Christopher Cerf, Victor S. Navasky | May. 11, 2008 (News Analysis)
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The Iraq war was a disaster for Iraq, a disaster for the United States, a disaster for the Middle East, a disaster for the world community, but most of all, it was a disaster for the experts.

They were wrong about its difficulty. (It was to be either "a cakewalk" or "a walk in the park" -- take your pick). They were wrong about how our troops would be greeted ("as liberators" said Vice President Dick Cheney on September, 14, 2003; "with kites and ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: War in Iraq, John McCain
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jun 4, 2008 - 7:34 PM PDT
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The expertologists entertain and inform as they chronicle the history of McCain expertise about Iraq and the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

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 by James Swihart - Oct. 1, 2008

Opinion/commentary on the important point that most of the "experts" got the Iraq war wrong. Should be conventional wisdom now, but somehow still escapes the MSM.

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