Gbaji wrote:
Let's not re-invent history here. You can't find a clearer example of two politicians with polar opposite positions on something where one was proven to be wrong and one was proven to be right. McCain was right. Obama (and Biden) was wrong.
And by that logic, Obama was right for voting against the war (as the original justifications peddled by the White House have since been proven to be Bunk. And don't give me that shit about the "new" justifications that came out after there were no WMDs) and McCain (& Biden) was wrong.
Therefore, being right about a military tactic that has "held the fort" after this mistake of a war's early lack of planning resulted in an Iraqi Civil war and created a new "Central war on terror" doesn't matter a whole lot.
However, the surge was ordered by the President, McCain had nothing to do with it. Sure, he supported it, but if memory serves the only thing to pass congress that had anything to do with the "surge" was a non binding resolution saying congress disapproved of Bush's orders. And I think it only passed the house.
So wow, ONE of Bush's military orders worked, and McCain supported it. The ones that failed? McCain supported all of them too (Minus torture).
McCain was right to support Bush ONCE. Obama? Right to oppose him multiple times.