McCain on Iraq War: 'We're Succeeding. I Don't Care What Anybody Says.' 03/25/2008 07:17 PM
After his eighth visit to Iraq, Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, said that he wouldn't change course on the war in Iraq even as the U.S. military death toll reached 4,000 and the war enters its sixth year.
McCain referred to a recent audiotape of Osama bin Laden in which the terrorist leader urged his followers to fight the U.S. in Iraq (SN reported). "For the first time, I have seen Osama bin Laden and General Petraeus in agreement," he said.
"And my Democrat opponents who want to pull out of Iraq refuse to understand what's being said and what's happening," McCain added. "We're succeeding. I don't care what anybody says. I've seen the facts on the ground."