By getting the timeline of the surge policy in Iraq completely backwards-assed.

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/16288.html


"    Kate Couric: Senator McCain, Senator Obama says, while the increased number of US troops contributed to increased security in Iraq, he also credits the Sunni awakening and the Shiite government going after militias. And says that there might have been improved security even without the surge. What’s your response to that?

    McCain: I don’t know how you respond to something that is asâ€" such a false depiction of what actually happened. Colonel McFarlane [phonetic] was contacted by one of the major Sunni sheiks. Because of the surge we were able to go out and protect that sheik and others. And it began the Anbar awakening. I mean, that’s just a matter of history."



For someone basing his entire campaign around his expertise in foreign policy, I don't understand how he can afford to make an error like that.

Ps. This video gives commentary like a shitty anti-McCain conspiracy video, but I'm linking to it because it shows the interview is real.

Well, McCain and I have one thing in common- we both read history books in a non-linear fashion!

The previous sheik in 2007 was killed. And now the current one has not been killed because of the surge. I wouldn't say the sheik getting killed was a good event for the Anbar Awakening, therefor the surge is meant to prevent that (along with other things).