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Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Iraqing the Vote: The candidates on their Iraq plans


I thought it would be worthwhile to check out the official campaign websites to see what Clinton, McCain, and Obama were putting down in black and white. There couldn't be a starker contrast - check them out --
Clinton titles her interlinked pages (some with material nearly a year old) "Ending the War in Iraq"

McCain's (very short - two pages, plus a timeline and links to speeches) is called "Strategy for Victory in Iraq", and one link is to "The McCain Surge"

Obama's is, perhaps characteristically, the longest - it's called "Turning the Page in Iraq", or alternatively a few lines down, "Obama's Plan to Responsibly End the War in Iraq"

All three strike me as remarkably short on substance - Clinton's especially. But the question remains: what would ANY new president be able to do?

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