OK-- let's get this straight. Iraq's Al-Maliki, in a German magazine interview, concurred with Obama's withdrawal proposal, saying that U.S. troops should be out of Iraq by the end of 2010. The Bushies clumsily tried to claim that the Iraqi PM was mis-translated. Unfortunately for them, Der Spiegel used Al-Maliki's own interpreter. By the next day, Al-Maliki's two top deputies confirmed (in English) that Iraq preferred to have U.S. withdrawal by the end of 2010. To put the final nail in the coffin, Der Speigel's interview tapes were provided to the New York Times, who used their own translators to debunk the Bush spin on the story.
In the meantime, McCain's grasp of the situation "borders" on the ludicrous:
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