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McCain defends ‘100 years in Iraq’ statement

“Republican presidential front-runner Sen. John McCain on Thursday defended his statement that U.S. troops could spend “maybe 100″ years in Iraq — saying he was referring to a military presence similar to what the nation already has in places like Japan, Germany and South Korea.” source:http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/14/mccain.king/index.html

Of course, we kept troops in Germany & Japan to defend those countries from Russia & China. Who does Senator McCain propose we are defending Iraq from?