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

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http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1771

McCain: 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq not International Crises
by: RockRichard
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.

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1. I hope the DNC sees this