Truemors
Senator John McCain was pushing another Paranoia Button at a Town Hall
meeting in Springfield, Pennsylvania on Friday 14 March. Some
bright spark asked him if he was worried about al Qaeda trying to turn the
election against him.
McCain who disagrees strongly with Clinton and Obama’s campaign pledges to withdraw U.S. troops speedily, said he was concerned "-they might be able
to carry out some spectacular suicide attacks -" referring to Al Qaeda. He
also acknowledged General David Petraeus, “-as one of the greatest generals in
American history."
Only the day before, General Petraeus said in Iraq that he would
temporarily freeze
further reductions in its troop presence. This would be to allow for a,
"- period of consolidation and evaluation -" The main reason
for this action was the Iraqis' failure to achieve political reconciliation. Iraqi parliament members accepted that there
were problems but felt that American expectations are driven by considerations
in Washington and do not reflect the complexity of Iraq's problems.
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