John McCain was right about us staying in Iraq 100 years

[Mojo2]

John McCain was right about us staying in Iraq 100 years

April 10, 2008

Distorting McCain on "100 years" in Iraq

Here's what McCain actually said:

QUESTIONER: President Bush has talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years --

McCAIN: Maybe a hundred.

QUESTIONER: Is that -- is that --

McCAIN: We've been in South Korea -- we've been in Japan for 60 years. We've been in South Korea for 50 years or so. That'd be fine with me as long as Americans --

QUESTIONER: So that's your policy?

McCAIN: -- As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed, then it's fine with me. I hope it would be fine with you if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where Al Qaeda is training, recruiting, and equipping and motivating people every single day.

Distorting McCain on "100 years" in Iraq - Brendan Nyhan

Johnny Mac was right.

The American left wing was wrong.

If we'd left a large enough force to combat the ISIS ajoles in Iraq now we wouldn't have much to be concerned with in Iraq today.

 

[Moonglow]

But the people that were in power in Iraq said ..NO! What use is setting up a democracy or a republic if we don't let the people of that nation empower themselves with their own decisions?

 

[Mojo2]

But the people that were in power in Iraq said ..NO! What use is setting up a democracy or a republic if we don't let the people of that nation empower themselves with their own decisions?

You are going to be some kind of Father or leader of men some day.

You don't just throw your follower into a situation that is completely new to them and expect them to have the knowledge, expertise and understanding of that new set of conditions or that circumstance and are ready to cruise.

There is a transition period necessary.

Training wheels.

Hand holding.

Leadership.

It was done in Germany.

It was done in Japan.

It was done in Korea.

And it worked.

Those countries are now strong and free.

Obama should have used some of his famed sneakiness and cunning to figure out how to get the Iraqis to agree to keeping Americans there as peacekeepers for 50 years or more.

Only then would we be in a position to really withdraw from Iraq.

And as bad as it is NOW, just remember the American Left wanted an even MORE precipitous departure from Iraq in the days leading up to 'The Surge.'

The American Left can't be trusted with great power or responsibility.

The situation in Iraq should not have been left to the Leftists. They are not about doing what was best for peace in the region or doing what's best for the iraqi people or even the American people.

The Dems and Leftists just want to do whatever is needed to win power.

They are disgusting.

 

[JakeStarkey]

John McCain was right about us staying in Iraq 100 years

Johnny Mac is wrong, and what is going on in the ME means we keep working on achieving energy independence We will increase our standard of living and in the long run make available to almost ever American.

 

[JWBooth]

The day McQueeg has his totally disabling stroke cannot come soon enough.

 

[Mojo2]

The day McQueeg has his totally disabling stroke cannot come soon enough.

What have YOU done for your country, Mr. Poster who honors the assassin of our nation's first and maybe greatest POTUS by adopting his name as your nic?

 

[GISMYS]

The USA military are still in Germany,S KOREA AND OTHER FORMER WAR AREAS and they have helped keep the peace. CLUELESS obama CUT AND RAN IN IRAQ AND WE NOW PAY THE PRICE,AFGAN IS NEXT AND LOOK AT THE BIG RED LINE IN SYRIA AND LIBIA AND IRAN!!! THEY ARE LAUGHING THEIR HEADS OFF(PUN).

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Had we never invaded Iraq in the first place none of this would be happening right now.

 

[GISMYS]

YES!! HAD WE NOT JOINED THE FIGHT AGAINST HITLER WE MIGHT BE SPEAKING GERMAN AND KILLING JEWS!!! Good thinking!

 

[U2Edge]

John McCain was right about us staying in Iraq 100 years

Johnny Mac is wrong, and what is going on in the ME means we keep working on achieving energy independence We will increase our standard of living and in the long run make available to almost ever American.

There really is no such thing as energy independence because independent business's in all countries buy and sell oil, natural gas, coal, on the world market. A business does not care where it gets its energy as long as it is cheap and efficient. So unless the entire planet moves away from using fossil fuels, its not going to happen. Right now, the majority of business's find fossil fuels to be the cheapest and most efficient form of energy for their business.

Finally even if that dynamic changes, the United States after 70 years of heavy trade with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, have ties to the region that go far beyond oil and natural gas. The Saudi's and Kuwait's own lots of US debt which helps keep the US economy afloat. In an increasingly globalized world, you can't isolate yourself!

 

[JakeStarkey]

John McCain was right about us staying in Iraq 100 years

Johnny Mac is wrong, and what is going on in the ME means we keep working on achieving energy independence We will increase our standard of living and in the long run make available to almost ever American.

There really is no such thing as energy independence because independent business's in all countries buy and sell oil, natural gas, coal, on the world market. A business does not care where it gets its energy as long as it is cheap and efficient. So unless the entire planet moves away from using fossil fuels, its not going to happen. Right now, the majority of business's find fossil fuels to be the cheapest and most efficient form of energy for their business.

Finally even if that dynamic changes, the United States after 70 years of heavy trade with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, have ties to the region that go far beyond oil and natural gas. The Saudi's and Kuwait's own lots of US debt which helps keep the US economy afloat. In an increasingly globalized world, you can't isolate yourself!

We the People have no need or requirement to support business interests in the ME if we can get what we need here without setting the whole region afire on war.

Yes, we can isolate ourselves from warfare there.

 

[Mojo2]

Had we never invaded Iraq in the first place none of this would be happening right now.

Yeah, but that was a calculated risk W HAD to make.

 

[Mojo2]

WHITE HOUSE

Obama says Iraq situation will take more than 'weeks' to solve

Published August 09, 2014

FoxNews.com

Obama says Iraq situation will take more than 'weeks' to solve | Fox News

Just as McCain suggested when he ran for POTUS.

American Liberals LOVE being lied to.

McCain was just telling us the truth back then.

We preferred the liar's sales pitch.

Now BO validates what McCain tried telling us back in 2007-8!

What a joke of a POTUS.

 

[JWBooth]

YES!! HAD WE NOT JOINED THE FIGHT AGAINST HITLER WE MIGHT BE SPEAKING GERMAN AND KILLING JEWS!!! Good thinking!

Clueless twit

 

[R.C. Christian]

John McInsane has NEVER been right about anything. He's a warmongering douche bag.

 

[JWBooth]

Had we never invaded Iraq in the first place none of this would be happening right now.

Yeah, but that was a calculated risk W HAD to make.

No, actually it was reckless and unnecessarily.

 

[Mojo2]

John McInsane has NEVER been right about anything. He's a warmongering douche bag.

Being kept prisoner as long as he was, in the conditions he was subjected to earns a man a certain amount of respect and deference.

You know damn well he'd have done a better job than Obama.

 

[R.C. Christian]

I can't remember a war that he and his little bitch Lindsey didn't want to fight! Why are these two punks still in office? It's incomprehensible.

 

[Mojo2]

Had we never invaded Iraq in the first place none of this would be happening right now.

Yeah, but that was a calculated risk W HAD to make.

No, actually it was reckless and unnecessarily.

You aren't considering all of the conditions and circumstances that existed and weighed on W's decisions at the time before the invasion.

Did you know that while in our custody Saddam admitted to the FBI about intentionally bluffing and misleading the world to believe he possessed WMD's?

 

[JWBooth]

Yeah, but that was a calculated risk W HAD to make.

No, actually it was reckless and unnecessarily.

You aren't considering all of the conditions and circumstances that existed and weighed on W's decisions at the time before the invasion.

Did you know that while in our custody Saddam admitted to the FBI about intentionally bluffing and misleading the world to believe he possessed WMD's?

The decision was made before the inauguration, all that was needed was pretense. That investigators in Iraq documented no WMDs was brushed aside.