Unfortunately, the president he resembles is George W Bush.
We all had a chuckle on Tuesday when McCain asserted more than once that Iran is training Al Queda operatives and then sending them back to Iraq. His response was that everyone makes mistakes and we should move on. (The one difference with McCain being that Bush would never acknowledge making a mistake. History would have to judge that.)
In England, McCain met with their Prime Minister for more glad-handing. According to The Telegraph, in a piece that got all wet and sloppy with how awesome Saint McCain is and how he would never have screwed up Iraq as much as W, McCain said:
"The problem with Iraq ... is because it was mishandled after the initial success. That caused great sacrifice, frustration and sorrow."
While that statement may be true to a degree, in that the occupation was indeed mismanaged and has certainly caused a great deal of "sacrifice, frustration and sorrow," that is not the problem with Iraq.
The problem with Iraq is that we should never have invaded in the first place. The problem with Iraq is that the cause for war was fabricated. The problem with Iraq is that the invasion was illegal, immoral, unjust and unnecessary. Of course, I wouldn't expect McCain to do anything but stand behind the decision to go to war in Iraq. Why would he let facts get in the way of his ideology? In an interview with the Jerusalem Post, when asked about the NIE that stated Iran had stopped its nuclear weapons program, he said:
I was critical of the NIE at the time. The director says now he wouldn't do that again, but I think the damage that was done by weakening the resolve of our European allies was serious.
This latest round of sanctions that was passed at the UN is remarkable in its weakness. I don't even know how you call them sanctions. So I believe the NIE was damaging, but I do have some optimism particularly where [French President Nicolas] Sarkozy is concerned. I'm glad the [German] chancellor is here in Israel.
Over time we may be able to gather more European support as the evidence becomes clear, as it will, that Iran is progressing on the path towards construction and acquisition of nuclear weapons.
The intelligence estimate states that Iran abandoned its nuclear weapons program. Since that's counter to McCain's ideology, he has decided to not believe it, replacing actual intelligence with made-up "facts" that will support his agenda.
So we got to see McCain acting presidential this week, showing us a little bit of what we can expect if Saint McCain prevails in the coming election.
I don't think our country, or the world, can survive four more years of Bush policies, Bush agenda and Bush wars, which is exactly what McCain promises.
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3 comments:
Hey Mike, here I am to hop on the McCain train! Honestly the Obama train is getting old to me but on we blog about the good stuff.
McCain does look Presidential and Obama has since changed his stance on troop withdrawl. He said he would do as the generals in the military recommend, seems as though his peeps did some polling. Though the war may be unpopular immediate withdrawl is not popular either. So he may not be the hopeful policy maker you seek either. now about that Ralph Nader are you voting for him? :)N
You're so right -- he's looking like Bush III.
Insane: if McCain were to become president, they would just remove George and Dick and insert John and Jeb. Everything else would remain exactly the same.
Nikki: Obama has said that he would start removing one to two combat brigades per month upon taking office, and on Monday, his foreign policy adviser reiterated that point. He may choose to take into consideration the opinions of the commanders in theater. Isn't that what Bush said he would do, until they started disagreeing with him?
As for Nader, I don't care for him as a candidate. He hasn't done anything to help the Green Party. All he does is poke his head out every four years to run for president.
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