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By Harold Meyerson | Wednesday, July 23, 2008 | The Washington Post

“…At a news conference in Jordan yesterday, Obama reiterated his belief that Afghanistan, not Iraq, is ‘the central front in the war against terrorism’ and that confronting that reality requires drawing down the number of U.S. forces stationed in Iraq.

Obama has been making this case for many months. But it was not until last week that McCain acknowledged that our war in Afghanistan was not going well and would require additional forces. Unlike Obama, however, McCain does not favor reducing the number of U.S. troops in Iraq by any timetable and has yet to stipulate where our overcommitted military will find the forces to send to Afghanistan….”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/22/AR2008072202170_pf.html