McCain targets Obama's year-old comment on Afghanistan

10/6/2008
By Daddy.

Okay. Here we go with more lies. McInsane claims that Barack Obama should apologize for telling the truth? What’s up with that?

Now that its becoming clear that the American people truly want a change, and that McInsane is dropping in the polls, I guess its time for anything goes. This truly shows who is not ready to be POTUS. I ask the question again.

If McInsane is ready and willing to lie to the American people during his campaign, what’s to keep him from lying if he becomes the POTUS?

(CNN) – John McCain's campaign released a new ad Monday that targets year-old comments from Barack Obama about the conflict in Afghanistan, calling them flat out "dishonorable."

The ad comes as the Arizona senator's campaign aggressively steps up its attacks on Obama's readiness to be a commander-in-chief and raises questions about his background with only a month remaining before voters weigh in.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

THE FACT CHECK:
A check of the facts shows that Western forces have been killing civilians at a faster rate than the insurgents have been killing civilians.

The U.S. and NATO say they don't have civilian casualty figures, but The Associated Press has been keeping count based on figures from Afghan and international officials. Tracking civilian deaths is a difficult task because they often occur in remote and dangerous areas that are difficult to reach and verify.

As of Aug. 1, the AP count shows that while militants killed 231 civilians in attacks in 2007, Western forces killed 286. Another 20 were killed in crossfire that can't be attributed to one party.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed his concern about the civilian deaths during a meeting last week with President Bush.

Bush said he understands the agony that Afghans feel over the loss of innocent lives and that he is doing everything he can to protect them. He said the Taliban are using civilians as human shields and have no regard for their lives.

"The president rightly expressed his concerns about civilian casualty," Bush said of Karzai. "And I assured him that we share those concerns."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/14/AR2007081400950.html