McCain Warns: There will be other wars

[roguevalley]

Source: Huffington Post

The presidential candidate who sang "Bomb bomb Iran" is already looking towards the war after the war in Iraq.

Sen. John McCain told a crowd of supporters on Sunday, "It's a tough war we're in. It's not going to be over right away. There's going to be other wars." Offering more of his increasingly bleak "straight talk," he repeated the claim: "I'm sorry to tell you, there's going to be other wars. We will never surrender but there will be other wars."

McCain did not elaborate who the United States would be fighting. But he did warn the crowd to be ready for the ramifications of current and future battles.

"And right now - we're gonna have a lot of PTSD to treat, my friends," he said. "We're gonna have a lot of combat wounds that have to do with these terrible explosive IEDs that inflict such severe wounds. And my friends, it's gonna be tough, we're gonna have a lot to do."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/27/mccain-warns-there-will_n_83459.html

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So much for his electibility in the general.

[NastyRiffraff]

1. and now, my friends, prepare to sacrifice even more of your sons and daughters

to my dreams of war and more war.

[roguevalley]

4. beautiful pix of John and Elizabeth

[CoffeeCat]

7. Wow, that pic of John and Elizabeth...

...is amazing.

I've never seen that before. Is it new?

That's just...stunning.

[NastyRiffraff]

10. It's an Annie Liebovitz photo

from Vanity Fair. I love it too!

[raccoon]

75. ...because me and my friends aren't going to, that's for sure. :puke: nt

[xxqqqzme]

88. '...prepare to sacrifice even more of your sons and daughters...'

because we didn't get our share of the spoils of war from Iraq.

Second tier war profiteers want more.

[XemaSab]

2. K&R

n/t

[donheld]

3. The only war he needs to fight and lose ends on Nov 4.

He can fight these wars by himself if he wants to.

[tabasco]

5. "and we're gonna have a great time watchin' it on teevee!"

McCain is appealing to the pathetic people who love to watch war on tv.

[eleny]

6. Time to dust off that tv ad LBJ ran against Goldwater

[liberal N proud]

8. Oh Lord, please don't let this SOB become President

The world could not stand another war monger in the white house.

[roguevalley]

21. one of the reasons he voted for Iraq was so that his son could

serve in it and there would be four or five generations of McCains in wars. He's official insane AND a complete bastard at the same time.

[liberal N proud]

22. Sick bastard

One of my brothers gives me shit all the time because I am the only male in the family that hasn't served in the military since the civil war.
Tells me that I am not patriotic and don't have the right to object to the bu$h regimes war.

[badgervan]

54. As a Veteran....

.... I admire those who find other, more useful ways to serve their country. These days, those who devote time to reclaiming our democracy, our Constitution and the Rule of Law are the men and women who get my respect and admiration. I spent six years in the service, '68-'74, and can tell you with absolute certainty that probably 80% of enlisted and drafted knew Viet Nam was an immoral and trumped up invasion of a country that we had no business being in. I see Iraq as the same situation, only worse... we learned nothing from Viet Nam.
Tell your brothers that it takes more than a uniform to make one a true patriot. As for Maddog McCain: friends, he is just one more old, fading one-time "hero" who has never forgotten his "glory years". I'm firmly convinced that McCain wants to go out in a blaze of military glory to make up for his failures while in the Navy. I never did see him as a hero... he did, after all, royally screw up in getting shot down. Becoming a prisoner of war is just one consequence of being in the military that you are trained for... and not a good one. Ask any general - POW's only limit their options, and drag down the efficiency of their ops. Sounds callous, but getting captured is just a negative all the way around to the military mind. They won't admit it, but it is a fact.
Keep working to reclaim our country... that commands respect from this vet.

[focusfan]

62. I guess he is like Al Bundy and his football days.

[demigoddess]

34. yeah, hate to say it being an airforcebrat, but many mil. officers like a war because

that is a way to 'make rank'. So they are a little less reluctant to go to war than most of us. Seems like mcCain was infected somewhere along the line.

[SammyWinstonJack]

76. He's more of a warmonger than bu$h is,

:grr:

[bdamomma]

82. he is a sick SOB.

if he wants war, just thrust him over there with Lieberman.

God, what a sick SOB. Killing people for the hell of it, wow, this is twisted.

[ngant17]

9. Finally Bay of Pigs part 2

and Commander-in-Chief McCain will make sure its done right this time, the collateral damage will be properly censored on MSM as was done in Iraq, besides what's a few million dead civilians anyhow? Bring'em on, we got a war to fight!

[beberocks]

11. This is why we need a draft.

If the repukes had to sacrifice their sons and daughters, they'd be a lot less willing to start a war. Make them pay for it too, that will stop the war mongering GOPers.

[Imagine My Surprise]

18. I believe his kids are all IN the military n/t

[atreides1]

23. Two sons

One enlisted in the Marines and in 2006, and the other is currently attending the US Naval Academy.

[MikeNearMcChord]

28. And that is what going to happen if Commander

McQueeg is elected. Plus a massive tax hikes used to give the military-industrial complex a steroid like explosive growth.

[AndyTiedye]

67. McCain Would be Very Happy to Have a Draft. He Can Start More Wars That Way

[SammyWinstonJack]

77. We need to stop starting wars! No wars, no need for a draft!

Pretty simple, isn't it? :think:

[bdamomma]

83. haven't we killed enough people, we do not need war.

sickening.

[dansolo]

12. Has anyone in the media asked hom if he supports a draft?

McCain seems to be the most avidly pro-war candidate, yet I can't see how we can sustain the wars that we are already fighting, let alone any new ones.

[ryanmuegge]

13. He is electable, regardless of the crazy things he says

Because the media keeps spinning this baseless narrative of him as a straight-talking, moderate maverick with broad appeal. They keep saying these buzz words over and over again.

They never mention that he completely sold out in '04 or that, as the YouTube video from the other day shows, has flip-flopped several times on his bread and butter issue (foreign policy and military intervention).

[mcscajun]

14. And because there are many voters out there as bat-shit crazy as he is.

I doubt even this photo would sway them much:

[melody]

16. Please -- no he isn't. Tie him to Bush and he'll sink like a rock

He spent most of the last eight years swapping spit with the bastard.

[ryanmuegge]

41. Well, that's the problem: the media does not tie him to Bush.

[melody]

49. Actually, the media is being better about those things lately since Shrub is so reviled

And besides, we have Olbermann and the internet now.

[halobeam]

24. If McCain/Leib is a running republican ticket

We are in big trouble. Not only is this country so full of apathetic people, we have the most dangerous kind of people in tremendous numbers: those who believe what they hear on tv. They will believe that McCain will do what they hoped Bush would do, and vote their party once again. I've been unlucky enough to live with and near these kind of people my whole life. They see themselves as good Christian people who are responsible and believe the good in others. To go any further and investigate the truth for themselves would be like questioning "good people", reasoning "Why would they doubt these people, they have good intentions" blah blah. Meanwhile they vote over and over against their own needs and benefits.

It's truly remarkable to witness. Even if they are sharply affected, unless they UNDERSTAND how that came to be, they will do it again. It takes investigation for the truth to find out why they have their loophole in their insurance, or why their kids can't afford to live in a home, meet the bills, etc. although they are working 60 hours a week. It says the economy is fine and unemployment is low (on the news, "heck even the president says so") and the liberal news would call it out if it weren't true, so it must be. Oh, it just goes on forever.

We have a country full of these types, and they will jump at the chance to vote the party, because they are the party of family values, and that is how they see themselves. It's psych ops on the average American.

[krkaufman]

55. Sadly, you are correct.

He's still getting a pass from the media, and the "surge is working" spin (sane people know it isn't) has helped resurrect his campaign.

[ileus]

15. can't we at least finish up one of the other two first?

[donkeyotay]

32. Anyone notice that the current warS have doubled in cost with no end in sight.

The latest request was for $193 Billion. That's twice the already insane cost of quaqmires 1 and 2. That's $4 Billion a week. Somebody tell the batshit insane repos that this country can't afford to invade Pakistan and Iran.

[applegrove]

17. Is that an election promise?

[harun]

63. It is his gift to the military industrial complex, sort of an election

deal, they help him get elected and he returns the favor with countless more wars and occupations.

[Adsos Letter]

19. No doubt, Senator, given human nature over recorded history

...but wouldn't it be great if we could avoid the needless ones?

Just askin'...

[TwilightGardener]

20. You heard it, folks. He's telling you right up front what he's going to do--

if any sane Dem or Indie votes for this guy, they deserve to be on the frontlines of the NEXT war(s).

[SlingBlade]

25. He forgot to add

Especially if you elect me President.

Old dried up war mongering fuck

[ohio2007]

26. Wonder if he would plan to put troops in Dafur and other parts of Africa ?

For years people have been screaming for US troops on the ground over there.

[Middle finga]

27. What a sick old bastard, Insane McCain shouldn't be running

for president he should be somewhere in a mental institution. It's like McCain and his ilk don't want peace in this world, they only want to continue and extend the wars. I wish those worthless talking heads in the MSM ask the question of how do we sustain a two to three hundred billion dollar war budget indefinitely and how are you going to continue to fill the ranks of the military without a draft.

[CJCRANE]

60. "Insane McCain" - sums up his views on the war nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

78. Insane in the membrane.

[calimary]

29. I'm not your friend, john. I thank you for your service, but don't lump me in

with that "my friends" crap. Especially when you're talking about sacrificing more of our precious boys and girls to war. War for WHAT??????????????

[bdamomma]

84. oh that expression "my friends" what kind of BS is that?

that is disgusting, it's a cry of vote for me, and this shit of protecting Americans what Americans can't take care of themselves, McCain what a gas bag he is.

[calimary]

85. Yeah, truly. "My friends" my ass. Mr. mccain, you are NOT being a

friend when you insist on feeding Americans into that meatgrinder in Iraq FOR A HUNDRED YEARS. You are NO friend. To me or anyone else.

[roamer65]

30. If McCrazy is "selected" and starts these conflicts...

the republic will break up.

[JBoy]

31. "it's gonna be tough, we're gonna have a lot to do"

No, please John, no. We're all so tired of shopping.

[The Doctor.]

33. The more he speaks, the more I want to see him nominated.

[Zorra]

35. Sounds like he has Alzheimer's disease. No one in their right mind

would ever say things like that.

[_Wayne_]

36. These same people at Huffington Post

will enable McCain to win, because of their psychotic anti-Hillary rage.

[AndyTiedye]

68. Cain Beats Hillary in Some Matchups

and is close enough for them to steal it in the rest.

[Fovea]

37. 'In your heart you know he's right."

Yeah, far right.

[focusfan]

38. and this idiot wants to be elected

it would take a moron to vote for him

[frog92969]

45. Then his chances are pretty good.

[TankLV]

39. Won't SOMEBODY rid us of this fucking idiot!!

NOW!!!

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[JDPriestly]

42. And with what does he propose to buy the weapons and the

parts for the weapons he is going to use to fight these wars?

Isn't he at least going to declare peace long enough to restore our treasury and revive our underlying economy before he goes on another crazy rampage of killing?

Doesn't he get the fact that the country is having serious economic problems, that we don't manufacture anything -- not even parts for the airplanes our military buys?

The Republicans need to get in touch with reality. Where are they living? In the clouds?

[balantz]

43. The built up egos of these insane idiots who won't promote peace

would just as soon blow every last one of us up as long as they haven't yet "WON".

[The2ndWheel]

44. What decade has gone by where we haven't been involved somewhere militarily?

Name one, and you get a cupcake.

[frog92969]

47. 30's? IDK

[Heywood J]

51. Depends on whether you count the occupation of Haiti as a war.

If not, then the thirties comes closest. Of course, that's because the country was flat broke...

[frog92969]

53. Good guess though, huh.

[frog92969]

46. That should rile up the base.

Now if he just talks about quarantining gays and landmining the Mexican border we're looking at the clear front runner.:crazy:

[deacon]

48. Super warmonger mccain. This guy is nuts. n/t

[scarface2004]

50. rambo is ready...let s do vietnam again!

john can relive the glory of his imprisonment which he has so successfully exploited for politcal purposes the piece of shit!

[ElsewheresDaughter]

52. bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb iran.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWGa9ViY7G8

[truthisfreedom]

56. Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=o-zoPgv_nYg

[KillCapitalism]

57. As much as I despise Romney...

I hope he can beat McCain for the nomination.

[Neshanic]

58. That's our own little Arizona nut job. Gee, he's swell!

[deacon]

59. Only if this nutcase is elected. n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

80. Wait for it!

[missTheBigDog]

61. Yeah, let's pour another trillion dollars

Of our country's money into another bogus war. If this clown gets elected, the US will not be the richest and most powerful country for very long. It's going to take decades to undue the damage of President Moron as it is.

[tanyev]

64. McCain announces his federal assistance program for the military industrial complex.

[workinclasszero]

65. More blood money

Mr "Bomb, Bomb Iran" wants to keep the money flowing to their buddies in haliburton and blackwater. No surprise here. As long as poor, and middle-class kids are doin the dyin anyway.

[Douglas Carpenter]

66. John McCain was the first choice in 2000 of many top neocons such as William Kristol, Chairman of

The Project for a New American Century who has also endorsed him this time. In fact he was the first choice way back then of many if not most neocons. They only gravitated toward Bush when his 2000 primary campaign fizzled out.

And he very much is in the neocon camp now:

This article by Sidney Blumenthal:

"As the neoconservatives abandoned Bush's sinking ship, McCain welcomed them aboard. "McCain began reading the Weekly Standard and conferring with its editors, particularly Bill Kristol," the New Republic magazine reported. And he hired a board member of the neocon Project for the New American Century, Randy Scheunemann, as his foreign-policy aide.

McCain positioned himself as consistently belligerent, even to Bush's right: in favour of bombing Iran and North Korea. He also proposed a "surge" of troops into Iraq, an idea gleaned from the neocons. If Bush had adopted the Iraq Study Group approach of diplomacy and redeployment, which McCain had assailed as "dispiriting", the right would have hailed McCain as a prophet with honour. However, importuned by the same neocons who had sold it to McCain, Bush seized upon the "surge". "

link:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1999819,00.html

.

[Az_lefty]

69. McCain has become an utterly insane BushBot...

"more war"..."more war"..."more war"... chants the base :puke:

[Deep13]

70. What about his million-year Iraq troop commitment?

:shrug:

[eringer]

71. McCain, Bush's hand puppet

What else would you expect to spew from the mouth of our own "Manchurian Candidate."

[SammyWinstonJack]

79. Don't be surprised when Insane McCain is elected in Nov. Gotta keep war machine humming along.

x(

[conspirator]

72. mccain should go F*CK HIMSELF AND HIS FRIEND WARMONGERS n/t

[LuckyLib]

73. He and his straight talk express can go straight to hell via the express route.

[lutefisk]

74. This is not good. I fear he might be tapping into something...

Over the past 7 years Americans have been so conditioned to death, war, sacrifice, inevitability, hopelessness, and threats, that McCain might know exactly what he's doing.

Revenge? Death wish? Who knows.

:nuke: :scared: :hi:

[bdamomma]

81. another sick bastard.

[qwlauren35]

86. In a word - bleak.

Our country will really go down the tubes if this man gets elected.

[Tight_rope]

87. This is exactly why he MUST not be elected.