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November 12, 2006

In which Meet The Press drives me to drink

I sat down in my favorite chair this morning with a cup of strong coffee to watch Meet The Press. Instead of coffee I should have had a Bloody Mary.

Apparently the lessons of Vietnam are lost on McCain and Lieberman.

Think Progress: McCain and Lieberman Express Support For Sending More Troops to Iraq:

McCAIN: The question is, is what’s the solution? And I believe that a withdrawal or a date for withdrawal will lead to chaos in the region, and most military expercent think the same thing. I believe that there are a lot of things that we can do to salvage this, but they all require the presence of additional troops.

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RUSSERT: Should we send more troops?

LIEBERMAN: I think we have to be open to that as a way to succeed, to achieve a free and independent Iraq, which would be an extraordinary accomplishment.

Yes, I know that McCain has unimpeachable cred with his military and POW status in Vietnam. But unless we're planning on installing a draft (which neither McCain nor Lieberman appear willing to support) then all we will do is further degrade the US military.

Its time to redeploy out of Iraq. It was a mistake to invade. Its a mistake to continue to occupy.

Notice I didn't say this is a war. Its an occupation. We're not at war. We're at occupation.

Posted by Carla at November 12, 2006 10:11 AM