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Today in Columbus, Ohio John McCain declared his predictions for his first Presidential term achievements.
He said that the Iraq War will be over by 2013 and "most of the troops" will be home.
Osama Bin Laden will be killed or captured.
He also believes that in 2013, there still will not have been a "major terrorist attack in the United States since September 11, 2001."
Other milestones McCain hopes to see at the end of what would be his first term are:
Witnessing Russia and China cooperating in "pressuring Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions, and North Korea to discontinue its own."
Significantly increasing the size of the Army and Marine Corps, which will be "better equipped and trained to defend us."
The application of "stiff diplomatic and economic pressure" by the United States -- acting in concert with a newly formed League of Democracies -- to cause Sudan to agree to a multinational peacekeeping force, with NATO countries providing logistical and air support, to stop the genocide in Darfur.
Several years of robust economic growth.
Taxpayers filing under a flat tax.
The world food crisis ending, low inflation, and a "much improved" quality of life "not only in our country, but in some of the most impoverished countries around the world."
More accessible health care for Americans and an easing of pressure on Medicare because of lower health care costs.
A United States well on its way to "independence from foreign sources of oil."
A Social Security system that is solvent, does not reduce benefits for those nearing retirement and includes individual retirement accounts.
The confirmation of "scores of judges" to the federal district and appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.
A secure southern border for the United States after "tremendous improvements to border security infrastructure and increases in the border patrol, and vigorous prosecution of companies that employ illegal aliens."
So what do you think? Is he on target? Or "losing his bearings" as some have suggested?
For the full article, click below.
McCain predicts Iraq War over by 2013
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/15/mccain.2013/index.html
He said that the Iraq War will be over by 2013 and "most of the troops" will be home.
Osama Bin Laden will be killed or captured.
He also believes that in 2013, there still will not have been a "major terrorist attack in the United States since September 11, 2001."
Other milestones McCain hopes to see at the end of what would be his first term are:
Witnessing Russia and China cooperating in "pressuring Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions, and North Korea to discontinue its own."
Significantly increasing the size of the Army and Marine Corps, which will be "better equipped and trained to defend us."
The application of "stiff diplomatic and economic pressure" by the United States -- acting in concert with a newly formed League of Democracies -- to cause Sudan to agree to a multinational peacekeeping force, with NATO countries providing logistical and air support, to stop the genocide in Darfur.
Several years of robust economic growth.
Taxpayers filing under a flat tax.
The world food crisis ending, low inflation, and a "much improved" quality of life "not only in our country, but in some of the most impoverished countries around the world."
More accessible health care for Americans and an easing of pressure on Medicare because of lower health care costs.
A United States well on its way to "independence from foreign sources of oil."
A Social Security system that is solvent, does not reduce benefits for those nearing retirement and includes individual retirement accounts.
The confirmation of "scores of judges" to the federal district and appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.
A secure southern border for the United States after "tremendous improvements to border security infrastructure and increases in the border patrol, and vigorous prosecution of companies that employ illegal aliens."
So what do you think? Is he on target? Or "losing his bearings" as some have suggested?
For the full article, click below.
McCain predicts Iraq War over by 2013
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/15/mccain.2013/index.html
