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Veterans Respond to McCain's "Obama Wants to Lose" Remark

While Barack Obama spends the week in Afghanistan and Iraq, speaking to throngs of cheering troops and diplomats, John McCain is accusing the likely Democratic nominee of wanting to "lose" the war in Iraq. I'm not the only Iraq and Afghanistan veteran... ...full story at digg

from digg on Fri, Jul 25 2008

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19 Jul 08 visit McCain Leaks Details Of Obama's Iraq Trip  »  digg Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Friday that his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, is likely to be in Iraq over the weekend.If Obama is going to be in Iraq this weekend, this is a major breach on McCain's part.
13 Sep 08 visit McCain would rather lose his integrity than lose an election  »  digg Obama camp strikes back. "[The integrity line], of course, is a play off of McCain's own controversial formulation, in which accused Barack Obama of being willing to lose the war in Iraq in order to prevail in a political campaign." -- Huffpo
27 Sep 08 visit Obama To McCain: On Iraq, "You Were Wrong"  »  digg This was one of the most satisfying moments of the entire debate -- Barack Obama stepping up to the plate and telling John McCain that he was wrong on Iraq.I know, you know it, everybody in America knows it -- except for John McCain. He was wrong, and...
23 Jul 08 visit TIME Mag Joe Klein:Obama Wanting To Lose War...IS BULLSHIT  »  digg Appearing on Anderson Cooper 360 tonight on CNN, Time Magazine columnist Joe Klein said that John McCain's comments Tuesday that Barack Obama is willing to lose a war to win an election were the most scurrilous he had ever heard by a major party...
20 Jul 08 visit Obama arrives in Afghanistan  »  digg Democrat Barack Obama arrived today in Afghanistan on his first overseas trip since he began his successful run for his party's presidential nomination. The trip, which is expected to include stops in Iraq, Israel, the West Bank and three European...

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