John McCain: “What most of us advocated and we are seeing this movie in Iraq is that…”

On the recordJune 17, 2014

What most of us advocated and we are seeing this movie in Iraq is that by announcing a complete withdrawal, that we encourage the Taliban.

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McCain argues that withdrawal signals encouragement to the Taliban.

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