claim: "i supported (the surge), i argued for it. i'm the only one on this stage that did."
author: john mccain
evidence_1: oct 2, 2014 ... opinion: irrelevant, illogical, and illegal–24 experts respond to arguments supporting legalization of the ivory trade .... other factors are involved, but whatever the case, the one-off sale certainly did nothing to stem the demand for illegal ivory, and it created confusion in the consumer market as to whether ...
evidence_2: mar 4, 2013 ... many have argued that the problem with the afghanistan intervention is that it “wasn't done right”: if only we had not been distracted by iraq, had tackled the right ... thereafter, afghanistan was only one among 20 countries that should have concerned the west, and it was far from being the most important.
evidence_3: feb 13, 2016 ... jeb bush for supporting his brother's decision to invade iraq in 2003. trump stood by ... "i'm the only one on this stage that said, 'do not go into iraq. do not attack ... but he did not say anything that resembles his claim that bush should not proceed because a war would "destabilize the middle east." a single ...
evidence_4: feb 2, 2015 ... “terry was coming up in the lot, the car hits him, knocks him down, and it just rolls over him – the tire ran over his head,” said the on-set source, ... this appears to be when the initial police report on the incident says the argument “escalated” again, and knight put his truck in reverse, “striking one of the ...
evidence_5: jul 18, 2012 ... he bided his time until after his senate confirmation on march 1, 1954. warren did not want just a majority opinion in favor of brown, he wanted a unanimous one. he convened a meeting of the justices and presented his argument that the only reason to sustain segregation would be an honest belief in the ...