[Marxism] McCain backs Obama "withdrawal" plan

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

McCain backs Obama's Iraq troop withdrawal plan

5 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain, who lost the presidency to Barack 
Obama last fall, is supporting Obama's new plan to pull most U.S. troops 
out of Iraq by the fall of 2010.

McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said 
in an interview Friday he thinks the plan is "significantly different" 
from the one Obama pushed during his campaign.

During the campaign, Obama had advocated a complete withdrawal within 16 
months of taking office.

McCain said that members of Congress were told in a White House meeting 
Thursday that the majority of troops in Iraq now would be kept there 
through the end of the year to protect against violence during Baghdad 
elections next December. Then, even as troops begin to leave, some 
50,000 forces would be kept behind to advise the Iraqi troops.

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