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By Erick Posted in 2008 — Comments (0) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

Beyond the meta-message of John McCain giving exclusive material to Human Events, Ronald Reagan's favorite newspaper, McCain is going the extra mile of defending his position on Iraq and calling for victory.

We must continue to help the Iraqis protect themselves against the terrorists and the insurgents. And we must continue to build the capacities of the Iraqi Security Forces so that they can play an increasingly strong and neutral role in suppressing sectarian violence.

All this will require that we keep a sufficient level of American forces in Iraq until security conditions are such that our commanders on the ground recommend otherwise. It also means we must increase levels of reconstruction assistance, so that Iraq’s political and economic development can proceed in the security that our forces and Iraqi Security Forces provide. Above all, it means we must once again reject, as we did in early 2007, the calls for a reckless and irresponsible withdrawal of our forces just at the moment when they are succeeding.

More importantly, this comes at a time that the media has finally realized Barack Obama is habitually lying about McCain's position on Iraq.