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July 16, 2008
Posted: 04:56 PM ET
FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty: John McCain says he knows “how to win wars” and if elected, he will “get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice.” Remind you of anybody? Bring ‘em on. Dead or alive… you get the picture. McCain’s comments come as he and Barack Obama are focusing on the so-called “forgotten war” in Afghanistan, where the Taliban have staged a comeback. Nine U.S. troops were killed in Afghanistan on Sunday. And in the last two months, more American and allied troops have died there than in Iraq. McCain insists that the strategy of increasing troops in Iraq has worked, and the same thing should be done in Afghanistan. He says the U.S. should send three more brigades there along with a presidential envoy. He says Obama’s call for withdrawal from Iraq would mean defeat. Obama is also speaking out on Afghanistan, saying that Iraq has been a distraction from the fight against terrorism. Obama insists as president he would quickly end the war in Iraq, which he says hasn’t made the U.S. any safer and was never the central front in the war on terror to begin with. Obama has been saying for a year now that more troops should be shifted from Iraq to Afghanistan. As for John McCain, yesterday was the first time he suggested such a move. Both men also talk about military assistance to Afghanistan and Pakistan, nonmilitary aid to foster goodwill in the region and building alliances to fight terrorism. Meanwhile, McCain – who touts his foreign policy credentials – has made the same blunder twice in two days: he has referred to events on the ground in “Czechoslovakia”, a country that ceased to exist 15 years ago – in January 1993. Here’s my question to you: Who would do a better job of capturing Osama bin Laden: Barack Obama or John McCain? Interested to know which ones made it on air?
Peter from Connecticut writes: Terrence from Georgia writes: Jared from Korea writes: Jack from Long Island, New York writes: Jerry from Boston writes: Jim writes: Tom from Cincinnati, Ohio writes: Rocky from Massachusetts writes: Filed under: Barack Obama John McCain
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