thinkprogress.org — Contrary to his current rhetoric about Iraq, in the 1990's Sen. John McCain argued on the floor of the US Senate for the 'precipitous withdrawal' of U.S. forces from Haiti and against giving *any* strategy the 'chance to succeed' in Somalia...
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h3smithApr 27, 2007
McCain will say whatever he needs to in the attempt to get elected president. He is a politician, that is it. He is noting special.
entropymanApr 27, 2007
Does McCain own more than one suit? Those are a year apart, and he looks exactly the same.Oh, and he's full of s**t as usual.
Closed AccountApr 27, 2007
I'm no defender of McCain but I find the RINO appellation is usually misapplied.
Closed AccountApr 27, 2007
@ramiroI was completely thrown by "Sorosite". It was like "I think there's a mineral called Sorosite" Then I realized: you are talking about George Soros. Ah.Anyway the great thing about thinkprogress... it is undeniably partisan, but unlike, say worldnetdaily, they always include citations and source material.So it is time for the standard response:What specifically is inaccurate here?hint: the standard response is .... silence.
afreytApr 27, 2007
America has plenty of coal to last the better part of this century, and with coal liquefaction, we could survive quite handily without cheap middle-eastern oil. And thats assuming we can't make solar, nuclear, wind --> electric cars work. But you just admitted this is all about the oil, yet most liberals used to be called crazy for saying it was all about the oil.Do you think us crazy liberals just have short memories? Do you think people like you didn't earn the hatred that you get from us crazy liberals who are sick of being called names by lying, flip-flopping, bulls**tting conservatives whose only agenda is their wallet, and anybody else's freedoms, happiness, prosperity be damned? Would you really rather that more Americans died so that we can control a finite oil reserve in the middle of the religious warfare capital of the world?
Closed AccountApr 27, 2007
Haiti? So what? There was no murder mad religion waiting to take over Haiti and use it as a base to attack us.There was a murder-mad religion waiting to take over Somalia. But we didn't really realize it back in 1992 or whenever that was.With Iraq, we just cannot afford to let it be taken over by Al Quaida or any other jihadis. They'll just use it as a base to train for killing us.
dumbledoritoApr 27, 2007
I'm more upset that the supporters of this war kept screaming "it's not like Vietnam," yet the parallels are unmistakable, especially on the administrative end."When they stand up, we'll stand down" sounds a lot like the "Vietnamization" policy from Nixon."Victory with Honor" is Bush's "when the mission is complete."The white house claims progress when the situation remains unchanged or gets worse.The neocons made the same mistakes made in Asia, and their followers are too emotionally invested to admit their mistakes, or at least withdraw their support quietly.
generalinterestApr 27, 2007
What a f**kin stretch! Oh, and don't forget that time in August 96, when asked, McCain said he preferred chicken to turkey, and just last Nov, he had turkey.Oh, the humanity!
Closed AccountApr 28, 2007
You just answered your own question. They withdraw their troops, so SOMEONE has to fill the gap.Do you really think its going to be good for anyone if we pull out now? High gas prices, chaos and civil war in Iraq, a REAL terrorist breeding ground?
crakaMay 1, 2007
Think Progress= the most retarded websiteo/org. on the net/world. I can't believe people take this s**t seriously, Soros is definetely not getting his moneys worth.
jim7outMay 13, 2008
too bad whaterver the exit strategy, we haven't learned a thing about making sure what comes next is better than what we took out, a sfar as leadership and infrastructure is concerned. check the movie Charlie Wilson's War, you will find some ironic parallels.<a class="user" href="http://basicknowhow.info">http://basicknowhow.info</a>