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Fri Jan-04-08 05:08 AM
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McCain says he's fine with US troops in Iraq another 100 years

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GOP contender John McCain, who about tied for third among Republicans in Iowa, had something quite startling to say about Iraq while campaigning in New Hampshire today. He interrupted someone recalling that President Bush envisions U.S. forces in Iraq for 50 more years with, "Maybe a hundred ." He continued, "That's fine with me, I hope that would be fine with you, if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where al-Qaeda is training and equipping and recruiting and motivating people every single day." He later said a thousand, even a million years in Iraq is fine with him. In the video of McCain's remark in NH, notice who's standing behind him... read more here

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