IRAQ - US Reinforcements Urged.Senator John McCain For McCain's grandfather and father, see John S. McCain, Sr. and John S. McCain, Jr., respectively John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936 in Panama Canal Zone) is an American politician, war veteran, and currently the Republican Senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. , Republican of Arizona, on Nov. 10 called for an immediate increase of 10,000 US troops in Iraq, and said the "stakes are higher than they were in Vietnam" for US foreign policy. Conceding con·cede v. con·ced·ed, con·ced·ing, con·cedes v.tr. 1. To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit. See Synonyms at acknowledge. 2. that there was an "undeniable sense that things are slipping" in Iraq, McCain said: "We need a renewed effort to win the home front. Without it we will lose this war as soundly as if we had lost on the battlefield...We must get Iraq right, as American stakes in the conflict are enormous". He criticised the Bush administration's relentless message about progress in Iraq, saying: "We need to portray por·tray tr.v. por·trayed, por·tray·ing, por·trays 1. To depict or represent pictorially; make a picture of. 2. To depict or describe in words. 3. To represent dramatically, as on the stage. events on the ground even if they are negative, it is better to describe difficulties right now, and to announce things have improved only when they have...In Vietnam there was light at the end of the tunnel and it turned out to be a train". Unlike Bush, who has shied shied 1 v. Past tense and past participle of shy1. shied Verb the past of shy1 or shy2 away from highlighting the more than 2,050 military deaths in Iraq, McCain referred to it several times. He admitted that his push for more troops would lead to more US deaths and higher costs. But he said: "Iraq is for us to do. It is for us to win or lose". Democratic Senator John Kerry  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , the defeated presidential candidate,
laid out an alternative strategy that would enable the return of 20,000
US troops. But McCain called that plan "a major step on the road to
disaster" and said: "If we leave now the most likely result
would be full-scale civil war. No American leader would want our nation
to suffer that moral stain Stain (microbiology)Any colored, organic compound, usually called dye, used to stain tissues, cells, cell components, or cell contents. The dye may be natural or synthetic. The object stained is called the substrate. ". But late on Nov. 10, Kerry said McCain had "mischaracterised" his plan, adding: "The path forward in Iraq must defeat the insurgency in·sur·gen·cy n. pl. in·sur·gen·cies 1. The quality or circumstance of being rebellious. 2. An instance of rebellion; an insurgence. insurgency, insurgence 1. and keep faith with our troops, rather than be driven by the politics of the Republican base or rigid adherence to President Bush's aimless course. The plan I have offered would correct our course. The speech Sen McCain delivered does not". The rival policies come amid a stream of visits to Washington by Iraqi officials ahead of the Dec. 15 elections. Adel Abdul Mahdi, the deputy president, on Nov. 10 met administration officials who see him as a contender for prime minister. Abdul Mahdi said the ruling Shi'ite Arab alliance sought consensus politics and would not impose an Islamist vision on Iraq. Sale of alcohol would not be banned, for example. He stressed the new constitution was a "marriage" of Islamic and secular and democratic ideas. |
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