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What your post ignores is the actual time frame in Iraq.

We were greeted happily upon the immediate overthrow of Saddam.  It was the ensuing occupation that was entirely botched.  Was McCain supposed to dictate to the Army how to run the occupation? 

So aside from all of your out of context comments, we can look at the more recent future.

Who was it that said the surge would cause the violence to get worse?  That was Obama.

While Obama simply attacked every policy from the Bush administration, McCain championed an actual solution that has worked in a major way.

Your 100 year quote is entirely taken out of context as well.  (not surprisingly)  McCain said we have bases all over the world, such as in Europe and Japan for around 60 years, and that as long as American soldiers were safe, he would be open to the idea of bases in Iraq such as those in Europe. 

Of course you can take that however you want it, but your context and interpretations are off base.