McCain: 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq not International Crises

by: Richard Allen Smith

Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 10:41:54 AM EDT


McCain is still trying to use the Russian-Georgian conflict to play up his supposed national security credentials. Another day, another illustration of McCain's national security mindset being stuck in the cold war:

"My friends, we have reached a crisis, the first, probably, serious crisis internationally since the end of the Cold War. This is an act of aggression."

This of course comes on the heels of this gem from last month:

"The fact is we had four years of failed policy. We were losing. We were losing the war in Iraq. The consequences of failure and defeat of the United States of America in the first major conflict since 9/11 would have had devastating impacts throughout the region and the world."

Perhaps this is why McCain's ideas on national security are so terrible. Forget about Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden and REAL Al-Qaeda. That isn't a major conflict.  Let's not dwell too much on figuring out this Iraq problem. It isn't an international crisis.  And maybe he was just having a "senior moment" and completely forgot about the Gulf War, apartheid,  and genocide in Darfur, Rwanda and the Balkans.

If you are reading this and are currently deployed or about to deploy, which at the current OPTEMPO should include anyone who is active duty, keep that chin up. Its not like this is a crisis or anything. And if you're a loved one of someone who made the ultimate sacrifice, remember that Senator McCain seems to think that your loved one died for something so trivial that it doesn't even break the "crisis" threshold.

UPDATE: Here is the video:

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McCain: 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq not International Crises | 10 comments
The 'Crisis'........ (0.00 / 0)
McCain, and nobody mentions it, gave the 'crisis' reason in in first comeback to the Russian invasion and occupation, the Oil Pipeline, with graphics and all!

And why it's a 'crisis' for us, well:

How Taxpayer Money Is Wrapped Up in Georgian War

A pipeline that runs through Georgia is the second largest in the world, and American tax dollars helped fund big oil projects in the region.

Another of our unquestioned sweetheart deals with the corporates and questionable leaders, who make very questionable policy decisions like forcing down decent, of little countries!

Same 'crisis' as Iraq and for walking away from Afghanistan which now has passed the point of correction and stability!  

'Hearts and Minds, "The ultimate victory will depend on the hearts and minds of the people who actually live there." -- President Lyndon Johnson

Now that is an interesting quote (4.00 / 2)
"The fact is we had four years of failed policy. We were losing. We were losing the war in Iraq. The consequences of failure and defeat of the United States of America in the first major conflict since 9/11 would have had devastating impacts throughout the region and the world."

I would have thought OEF-Afghanistan would be the first major conflict since 9/11.  We had been fighting AQ there for over a year before we even began the invasion of Iraq.

"No U.S. soldier ever dies in vain because they're carrying out the missions of their commander in chief. And we honor all the service that they've provided." - Barack Obama

and yet (0.00 / 0)
Afghanistan is currently deriorating rapidly due to the fact that people like McCain took their eyes off of that conflict and chose to take on Iraq instead.  Now, he wants to take on the Russian/Georgian conflict and if he gets his way, Iraq will deteriorate in just the same way.  The U.S. military and the U.S. as a whole does not need that same sort of incompetent leadership.

"Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home."

Marcus Tullius Cicero 106 BC-43 BC

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You forget, Chris, (0.00 / 0)
We're not supposed to mention Afghanistan. We're supposed to pretend we've won that war and gone on to bigger, more important things. You just aren't with the program, my friend.
[ Parent ]
Well (4.00 / 1)
Afghanistan does deserve more attention, but I think Pakistan and/or Saudi Arabia is the real AQ den of evil, so to speak.
[ Parent ]
For a man like McCain that claims (0.00 / 0)
he has decades worth of foreign policy making experience and "knows how to win wars" he sure acts like a mere novice when it comes to actual leadership.  Its as if he sees any and all recent threats developing in the world as a major priority for the United States but forgets that other more deadly threats also remain.  He kind of reminds me of a boy that is scared of the dark and has his father come into his bedroom to look in every nook and cranny for monsters that are not there.  McCain lacks the ability to prioritize actual threats based solely on the needs of the United States and for me that does not give me much confidence in his ability to lead.

"Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home."

Marcus Tullius Cicero 106 BC-43 BC

No one has done more... (4.00 / 1)
...to transform 'experience' into a four-letter word than McCain and the entire Bush administration... :(
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Maybe he just didn't hear the question. OMG...McCain answers (0.00 / 0)
questions he doesn't hear.

http://politicalticker.blogs.c...

McCain gaffes (0.00 / 0)
John McCain it has to be said is like my uncle, he's old,crotchety, everyone takes no notice of what he says anymore. The only difference here is that McCain is taken seriously by about half of America and he might [god forbid] become president. Have all of you  gone nuts?
Why In The Hell (0.00 / 0)
Would anyone cast a vote for this doddering old war-monger?
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