July 29, 2008
Over the past several weeks, John McCain and his backers have touted his early endorsement of the Iraq War “surge” as evidence of his political courage, but it could be equally viewed as an act of political desperation, to forestall total calamity in Iraq and to avert disaster for broader neoconservative objectives in the Middle East.
McCain’s endorsement of the “surge” in January 2007 also represented a repudiation of his previous support for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s concept of using a light force of mobile U.S. troops, backed by technology and air power, to win the war.
1 comment:
Rummy was ousted because he went wobbly on Iraq?
Gates replaced Rumsfeld at DOD in order to escalate rather than moderate the US military presence in the Middle East?
The whole Iraq occupation "surge" strategy originated with the American Enterprise Institute think tank, the Kagans, and Bill Kristol, as a simple substitute for the bipartisan Baker-Hamilton Study Group's more nuanced, multi-layered agenda?
Gee, and I thought the surge was nothing but an in-your-face response to the 2006 Congressional election results.
Bill from Saginaw
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