McCain: Bringing Troops Home "Not Too Important"
Posted by Michael Link on June 11, 2008 at 11:11 AM
This is a pretty shocking statement for a lot of reasons. First, the story and video, from TPM Election Central:
Still, this is an awfully clumsy and inartful way to put it, and strikes us as a pretty serious gaffe. After all, one would imagine that the question of timing might have a bit of significance for the troops themselves and their families.
Senator Reid has already responded. What he said, but I'd like to add to that.
It's pretty clear that troop levels matter. It's clear not just to me, but also to military families, to the military, in general, and to Iraq.
It's a radical view that keeping troops in Iraq for 100 years doesn't matter so long as there are no casualties -- first, because the reality of the situation there is that there are casualties, and second, because of something McCain understood before but no longer does. Namely, when he used to reject the 'South Korea Model' because it simply doesn't apply to Iraq (see video): "But eventually I think because of the nature of the society in Iraq and the religious aspects of it that America eventually withdraws."
Now we get something totally different. We get a John McCain that wants the United States in Iraq for "100 years" with an unlimited number of troops regardless of situation on the ground because it's "not too important" that they come home.
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We were INVITED to stay in Germany, and South Korea, because people in those parts of the world don't trust the Russians nor the Chinese, for very good reasons.
The people in Iraq don't trust, or like, US. Hello! There's a bit of a difference here.
But then this is brought to you be the party who decided that in order to escape the heat caused by the mistreatment of Iraq veterans they could shove the older vets to the wall, and let them wait until they kick the bucket to get any of the benefits due them!
The necessity of him becoming President isn't too important to most Americans either.
Butte,
Bush is the type of man who has always crashed parties and gone where he's not welcome. It never crosses his or the neocons' minds that somebody would rather not associate with them.
So what if we were not invited? McCain intends to stay and make the Iraqis love him or he'll have to bomb, bomb, bomb them into submission?
A professional military shouldn't be asked to waste their talents and resources in such an unprofessional pursuit.
We were INVITED to stay in Germany, and South Korea, because people in those parts of the world don't trust the Russians nor the Chinese, for very good reasons.
Butte, a recent article I posted, said all the countries around the world, that have US troops in them, want them out, especially Okinawa. When you have an unstable leader like we have, nobody wants anything to do with you.
Remember how the administration said that we had to get rid of Hussein----he was a bad man and a danger to the world? I am surprized that no country has invaded the USA and taken Bush down! He is the gravist danger to the entire world that ever lived !
We were INVITED to stay in Germany, and South Korea, because people in those parts of the world don't trust the Russians nor the Chinese, for very good reasons.
Butte, a recent article I posted, said all the countries around the world, that have US troops in them, want them out, especially Okinawa. When you have an unstable leader like we have, nobody wants anything to do with you.
Remember how the administration said that we had to get rid of Hussein----he was a bad man and a danger to the world? I am surprized that no country has invaded the USA and taken Bush down! He is the gravist danger to the entire world that ever lived !
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