General Abizaid Smacks Down McCain’s Plan To Send More U.S. Troops To Iraq

[Coexist]

FWIW - This is still going on right now on C-Span - it is the the House's turn.

from ThinkProgress

"Today at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, CentCom commander Gen. John Abizaid rejected McCain’s calls for increased U.S. troop levels in Iraq, saying that he “met with every divisional commander, Gen. Casey, the core commander, Gen. Dempsey” and asked them if bringing “in more American troops now, add considerably to our ability to achieve success in Iraq and they all said ‘no.’”

There is a video and a transcript at the link.

[joemurphy]

1. I saw it. It left McCain speechless.

I think Abazaid and his peers know that our presence just escalates things. His answer to McCain was that we need more "Iraqi" troops.

[aquart]

2. From where did McCain plan to get these troops?

I thought human cloning was a no-no?

[Disturbed]

3. McLame is delusional.

Just like Busholini, McLame is a loser. All the RWing propagandists say that he is the front runner for '08. McLame will get sliced and diced within the next six months. I predict that he won't get the Rethug nomination.