OK, so he didn't promise that, but this sort of nonsense--and the relative silence from the media--goes a long way in explaining how we got into such a giant mess:
McCain said it was "common knowledge and has been reported in the media that al-Qaeda is going back into Iran and receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran, that's well known. And it's unfortunate." A few moments later, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, standing just behind McCain, stepped forward and whispered in the presidential candidate's ear. McCain then said: "I'm sorry, the Iranians are training extremists, not al-Qaeda."
Not knowing the difference between Sunni and Sh'ia Islam is, to put it bluntly, a fatal mistake--the kind of mistake that gets people killed, and anyone making such a mistake has zero credibility on the issue.
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