McCain: Abandoning Afghanistan caused 9/11

[Wonky Pundit]

Sometimes I don't know how he comes up with this stuff.

McCain slams GOP hopefuls' 'isolationism'

Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate in 2008, took aim Sunday at the field of contenders for the 2012 GOP nomination, accusing them of "isolationism."
...
"We abandoned Afghanistan once, and we paid a very heavy price for it in the attacks of 9/11," he said. "So that is an important lesson that we must learn."

Source

 

[eots]

Alzheimers....

 

[techieny]

YIKES. Is he still a registered AZ driver???

 

[California Girl]

Actually, whether one agrees with his stance or not, he has a point. That point being that had we stayed the course in the 1980s, when the Afghans were fighting the Russians, we could have ensured that the Taliban did not allow their country to become a training ground for AQ, and hence, perhaps, 9-11 may not have happened.

Hindsight is always 20-20, but it's nice to see that, instead of looking rationally at McCain's comment and trying to context it, the idiots turn to ranting and stupidity instead. Reliable as ever.

 

[Midnight Marauder]

Actually, whether one agrees with his stance or not, he has a point. That point being that had we stayed the course in the 1980s, when the Afghans were fighting the Russians, we could have ensured that the Taliban did not allow their country to become a training ground for AQ, and hence, perhaps, 9-11 may not have happened.

Hindsight is always 20-20, but it's nice to see that, instead of looking rationally at McCain's comment and trying to context it, the idiots turn to ranting and stupidity instead. Reliable as ever.

Nonsense. 9/11 was coming no matter where "The base" was. McSame as always, is a clueless buffoon and we are much better off with Obama in office than this charlatan.

 

[The Rabbi]

Actually, whether one agrees with his stance or not, he has a point. That point being that had we stayed the course in the 1980s, when the Afghans were fighting the Russians, we could have ensured that the Taliban did not allow their country to become a training ground for AQ, and hence, perhaps, 9-11 may not have happened.

Hindsight is always 20-20, but it's nice to see that, instead of looking rationally at McCain's comment and trying to context it, the idiots turn to ranting and stupidity instead. Reliable as ever.

Nonsense. 9/11 was coming no matter where "The base" was. McSame as always, is a clueless buffoon and we are much better off with Obama in office than this charlatan.

You're an idiot.
al Qaeda needed the kind of protection offered by sovereign nations. They settled in Afghanistan in part because the Taliban was accomodative. They were in power in no small part because we ceased involvement in the country after the Russians left.
As usual, McCain has a point. You're merely talking out of your ass.

 

[Midnight Marauder]

Actually, whether one agrees with his stance or not, he has a point. That point being that had we stayed the course in the 1980s, when the Afghans were fighting the Russians, we could have ensured that the Taliban did not allow their country to become a training ground for AQ, and hence, perhaps, 9-11 may not have happened.

Hindsight is always 20-20, but it's nice to see that, instead of looking rationally at McCain's comment and trying to context it, the idiots turn to ranting and stupidity instead. Reliable as ever.

Nonsense. 9/11 was coming no matter where "The base" was. McSame as always, is a clueless buffoon and we are much better off with Obama in office than this charlatan.

You're an idiot.
al Qaeda needed the kind of protection offered by sovereign nations.

And there were plenty of them available all over the world, idiot stick.

 

[kiwiman127]

Actually McCain isn't that far off the mark.
There has been much wriitten over the years that supports McCain's remark.

Back to school in Afghanistan
CBC News Indepth: Afghanistan

U.S. Learned Its Lesson, Won't Abandon Afghanistan, Gates SaysDefense Secretary Gates Reaffirms U.S. Commitment to Afghanistan - washingtonpost.com

How the US Abandoned Afghanistan
How the US Abandoned Afghanistan

The military screw-up nobody talks about.
The military screw-up nobody talks about. - By Scott Shuger - Slate Magazine

 

[The Rabbi]

Nonsense. 9/11 was coming no matter where "The base" was. McSame as always, is a clueless buffoon and we are much better off with Obama in office than this charlatan.

You're an idiot.
al Qaeda needed the kind of protection offered by sovereign nations.

And there were plenty of them available all over the world, idiot stick.

So why did they pick Afghanistan, fuck-stick? A land locked nation with dismal infrastructure.

 

[Warrior102]

McCain probably isn't far off. He's a USNA grad, former POW, and an American hero. He may blurt out stupidity every now and then, but so does our current CIC and those before him.

Personally, I respect McCain for his service to the U.S.

 

[Woyzeck]

Sometimes I don't know how he comes up with this stuff.

McCain slams GOP hopefuls' 'isolationism'

Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate in 2008, took aim Sunday at the field of contenders for the 2012 GOP nomination, accusing them of "isolationism."
...
"We abandoned Afghanistan once, and we paid a very heavy price for it in the attacks of 9/11," he said. "So that is an important lesson that we must learn."

Source

History. We ditched the Afghans the minute the Soviets were finished in their country. The Taliban took advantage of the resulting power vacuum. This was the entire point of the film Charlie Wilson's War and the book it was based on.

 

[JimH52]

I think McCain has a good point. We cannot back away from our role as a world leader. And yet, we need to reduce our footprint in many of the countries where we are stationed. I think the stances of the GOP candidates were extreme.

 

[jillian]

Actually, whether one agrees with his stance or not, he has a point. That point being that had we stayed the course in the 1980s, when the Afghans were fighting the Russians, we could have ensured that the Taliban did not allow their country to become a training ground for AQ, and hence, perhaps, 9-11 may not have happened.

Hindsight is always 20-20, but it's nice to see that, instead of looking rationally at McCain's comment and trying to context it, the idiots turn to ranting and stupidity instead. Reliable as ever.

The point?


... .is on the top of his head.

 

[The Rabbi]

Actually, whether one agrees with his stance or not, he has a point. That point being that had we stayed the course in the 1980s, when the Afghans were fighting the Russians, we could have ensured that the Taliban did not allow their country to become a training ground for AQ, and hence, perhaps, 9-11 may not have happened.

Hindsight is always 20-20, but it's nice to see that, instead of looking rationally at McCain's comment and trying to context it, the idiots turn to ranting and stupidity instead. Reliable as ever.

The point?


... .is on the top of his head.

Still smarting over Wiener's meltdown?

 

[jillian]

Actually, whether one agrees with his stance or not, he has a point. That point being that had we stayed the course in the 1980s, when the Afghans were fighting the Russians, we could have ensured that the Taliban did not allow their country to become a training ground for AQ, and hence, perhaps, 9-11 may not have happened.

Hindsight is always 20-20, but it's nice to see that, instead of looking rationally at McCain's comment and trying to context it, the idiots turn to ranting and stupidity instead. Reliable as ever.

The point?


... .is on the top of his head.

Still smarting over Wiener's meltdown?

i know you're not very bright. but there's no correlation there. other than you're wanting to spew.

 

[The Rabbi]

The point?


... .is on the top of his head.

Still smarting over Wiener's meltdown?

i know you're not very bright. but there's no correlation there. other than you're wanting to spew.

You make a post like that and I'm the not very bright one?
tsk tsk.

Please stick to things you know. Like disgraced perverts.

 

[whitehall]

McCain ran the worst campaign in history second only to the old Soldier, Bob Dole. Mush mouth McCain couldn't even bring himself to mention Obama's middle name and forbade his workers to say the word "Hussein". He ran a losers campaign from the begining. McCain's "moderate" campaign caused the Tea Party to get a foothold and galvanize the republican party.

 

[The Rabbi]

McCain ran the worst campaign in history second only to the old Soldier, Bob Dole. Mush mouth McCain couldn't even bring himself to mention Obama's middle name and forbade his workers to say the word "Hussein". He ran a losers campaign from the begining. McCain's "moderate" campaign caused the Tea Party to get a foothold and galvanize the republican party.

Yeah. And? Does that mean everything he says is wrong?

 

[eots]

YIKES. Is he still a registered AZ driver???

ITS BEEN COMING ON FOR SOME TIME NOW

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

"We abandoned Afghanistan once, and we paid a very heavy price for it in the attacks of 9/11," he said. "So that is an important lesson that we must learn."

McCain is just trying out the rhetoric for the debate to keep the troops in Afghanistan beyond the established draw down deadline.

As if withdraw was ever to begin in the first place. McCain’s has noting to worry about – we’ll be in Iraq/Afghanistan for decades.