Also, even if Obama and Clinton are actually more hawkish that they claim to be their election will lead to a collapse in confidence in the region and be a big boost to AQI - making a withdrawal inevitable.
Would that AQI be the very Al-Qaeda that was NOT in Iraq prior to the invasion?
I wouldn't be surprised too see another eve of poll appearance from Osama Bin Laden, or some other leading Al-Qaeda figure, on behalf of McCain - just as they did for Bush in 2004. Still, I doubt he'll need it with the likes of the
New York Times breaking their necks to do him a good turn
Unfortunately, the election was not decided on the economy or Iraq, it was more decided, according to exit polls, on moral values and terrorism. I don't see moral values having quite the same saliency moving through 2008. The GOP aren't exactly in a position to take the moral high ground any more. Too many scandals of late
This post, among others, pretty much states why an 'endorsement' of McCain now is untenable
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=66700.msg1465741#msg1465741A President McCain from 2001 to 2009, yes (if it had to be a Republican, better it have been him rather than His Ineptness); a President McCain now, eight years too late . Perhaps Iraq, all events been the same, might have taken a turn for the better, sooner rather than later
Dave
