Just Flat Out Making Stuff Up
But that's what American politics is all about, isn't it?
McCain the Magnificent predicts:
Sen. John McCain envisions that by 2013, the Iraq War will be won but the threat from the Taliban in Afghanistan won't yet be eliminated, even though Osama bin Laden will have been captured or killed.
Who's the wiseguy who gave McCain the Magic 8-Ball?
This kinda reminds me of another prediction of victory that was, purely coincidentally, also tied to a presidential term:
Comments
5 years? 5 years! That's another trillion dollars!
Mother puss-bucket!
Posted by: Kvatch | May 15, 2008 02:27 PM
Yeah, but Iraq's oil revenues are paying for it, aren't they? ;-)
And don't forget that even when the fighting does end, we'll have troops in Iraq for decades. That ain't cheap, either.
Posted by: abi | May 15, 2008 05:55 PM