First, I want to say that there is a wealth of stuff on both sides of this election, but, unfortunately, the person who claims the most experience and knowledge on national security and foreign poilicy, just keeps misfiring.  His latest is the timeline of the surge.

Asked about Obama’s contention that a Sunni revolt against al-Qaida combined with the addition of thousands of U.S. combat troops that were sent to Iraq contributed to the improved security situation there, McCain scoffed.

“I don’t know how you respond to something that is such a false depiction of what actually happened,” McCain told “CBS Evening News,” adding that Col. Sean MacFarland was contacted by a major Sunni sheik.

“Because of the surge we were able to go out and protect that sheik and others. And it began the Anbar awakening,” McCain said, referring to the U.S.-backed revolt of Sunni sheiks against al-Qaida in Anbar province. “I mean, that’s just a matter of history.”

The problem with McCain’s statement — as Obama’s campaign quickly noted — was that the awakening got under way before President Bush announced in January 2007 his decision to flood Iraq with tens of thousands of additional U.S. troops to help combat violence.

McCain’s mistakes on the Shia/Sunni thing, his mis-speak on Czech Republic and now the “surge” that he is so proud to support is gonna eventually come back to bite him in the butt.  Difficult to continue to claim experience in all these fields when one does not have a grasp of the events.  This is something that Obama has been accused of in the past and now that all this has come to light, he (Obama) will be painted as a naive twit by the McCain attack machine.