McCain Criticizes Democrats on Iraq Surge « Cameron’s Corner

November 27th, 2007 9:15 AM Eastern

McCain Criticizes Democrats on Iraq Surge

by Malini Bawa

After a quick Thanksgiving trip to Iraq, Senator John McCain is lashing out at Democrats who won’t say the surge is working.

Campaigning in South Carolina, a state with a large military and veterans’ population, McCain insists the U.S. military is making progress in Iraq.

Senator Biden released a statement Monday saying that the attempt by “John McCain and Rudy Giuliani to defend the Bush-Cheney troop surge in Iraq totally misses the point – and is misleading to the American people. Security in Iraq is better, thanks in no small measure to our troops. But there is no evidence – none – that the surge is succeeding in achieving its stated objective: to allow Iraqis to come together politically.”

McCain maintains there has been some political progress in Iraq, but admits that he’s frustrated by the Maliki government.

Tags: biden, mccain, south carolina, surge

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