<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[TWO LEADERS]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a long, hard struggle and very gradually maybe we are making progress. There are tough times ahead.&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/04/AR2005060401506_pf.html" target="_blank">John McCain</a>, telling the truth about Iraq.</p>
<p>&#8220;The level of activity that we see today from a military standpoint, I think, will clearly decline. I think they&#8217;re in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.&#8221; &#8211; vice-president <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/30/cheney.iraq/index.html" target="_blank">Dick Cheney</a>, spinning again.</p>
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