http://politicsandpress.com/2008/iraq-afghanistan-pakistan-and-senator-mccain/ The interaction of the press and politics; public diplomacy, and daily absurdities. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:51:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://politicsandpress.com/2008/iraq-afghanistan-pakistan-and-senator-mccain/#comment-2402 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:45:21 +0000 http://politicsandpress.com/2008/iraq-afghanistan-pakistan-and-senator-mccain/#comment-2402 [...] Politics and Press wrote an interesting post today on Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Senator McCainHere’s a quick excerpt … the blame can go directly to the Bush decision to commit to an unnecessary war in Iraq….By not committing the needed forces to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan in favor of invading Iraq, Bush allowed the Taliban to withdraw into Pakistan and form a n ew commitment to take Afghanistan back….S. cannot bring enough force to bear because its military is bogged down in Iraq….Senator McCain clearly is determined to wage a campaign aimed at continuing the failed Bush policies in Iraq and the voters will need to decide whether it wants w hat would amount to a third Bush term…. [...] […] Politics and Press wrote an interesting post today on Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Senator McCainHere’s a quick excerpt … the blame can go directly to the Bush decision to commit to an unnecessary war in Iraq….By not committing the needed forces to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan in favor of invading Iraq, Bush allowed the Taliban to withdraw into Pakistan and form a n ew commitment to take Afghanistan back….S. cannot bring enough force to bear because its military is bogged down in Iraq….Senator McCain clearly is determined to wage a campaign aimed at continuing the failed Bush policies in Iraq and the voters will need to decide whether it wants w hat would amount to a third Bush term…. […]

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