Posted by Jed Lewison on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 12:41 AM Pacific

McCain Talks About Anbar Awakening...Before The Surge

Here's video John McCain on January 5, 2007, saying he is optimistic about Anbar because of our newly developing relationships with Anbar's sheiks (this is the so-called Anbar Awakening that began in 2006).

This was of course before the surge -- the very same surge he now credits with having started the Anbar Awakening.

H/T to HuffPo's Seth Colter Walls who found the transcript with McCain's remarks. Seth also has posted a thorough debunking of McCain's false claim about the "Awakening."

Others who have sounded off on this topic: Spencer Ackerman, hilzoy, Ilan Goldenberg, Matthew Yglesias.

McCain Talks About Anbar Awakening...Before The Surge

Here's video John McCain on January 5, 2007, saying he is optimistic about Anbar because of our newly developing relationships with Anbar's sheiks (this is the so-called Anbar Awakening that began in 2006).

This was of course before the surge -- the very same surge he now credits with having started the Anbar Awakening.

H/T to HuffPo's Seth Colter Walls who found the transcript with McCain's remarks. Seth also has posted a thorough debunking of McCain's false claim about the "Awakening."

Others who have sounded off on this topic: Spencer Ackerman, hilzoy, Ilan Goldenberg, Matthew Yglesias.

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