01/04/2008
John McCain: 100 Years in Iraq Fine with Him
Meanwhile in the Granite State...
The asses (of) John McCain and Joe Lieberman were captured speaking to a crowd in New Hampshire yesterday, where McCain told a voter that he would "be fine" with a military presence in Iraq for the next 100 years.
QUESTION: President Bush has talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years...
McCAIN: Make it a hundred.
QUESTION: Is that...
McCAIN: We've been in South Korea, we've been in Japan for 60 years. We've been in South Korea 50 years or so. That would be fine with me. As long as Americans— as long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed. That's fine with me, I hope that would be fine with you, if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where Al Qaeda is training and equipping and recruiting and motivating people every single day.
(via DailyKos)
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To think, he was once respected.
The polls all show that america overwhelmingly does not think anyone over 70 should be president. Like 3/4
Mccain is 72
Posted by: Jimmyboyo | Jan 4, 2008 9:01:48 AM
What he said was maybe a hundred turn your hearing aid up jimmyyoyo. The people like you would make it so easy just to stand back and let Al-Qaida come in and do what ever they like because you would deserve it just because of that attitude. Where have you been for the last seven years anyway?
Posted by: Vicki Hampton | Jan 4, 2008 9:27:47 AM
I'd add that we're still in Germany...
McCain's comments are consistent with a military career, and I think he might have a better sense of how a war goes than Bush. I'm not agreeing with the war, but I can see that long-term occupation is historically necessitated.
Don't get mad at me for saying that guys. I can take the fire but I'm going to be working on the 'ol college diploma all day so won't be back until tomorrow. I'll miss Towleroad :(
Posted by: justincredible | Jan 4, 2008 9:40:45 AM
Do I want us to have a presense in Iraq for the next 100 years? No I don't but he is probably right that we will be there for 100 years in some military form.
Posted by: Matt | Jan 4, 2008 9:44:53 AM
I've read this blog for a couple of years now. Is it me or have I gotten more liberal or have the comments become more conservative here?
Posted by: Matt | Jan 4, 2008 9:48:03 AM
I don't see what's wrong with what McCain said. As long as people aren't dying, he's OK with us being there. How is that bad? Oh, sorry, because he's a Republican. I forgot.
Matt, no, this blog isn't more conservative. Just wait an hour or two; you'll see all the venom and nastiness the readers of this site have to offer.
Posted by: Joe | Jan 4, 2008 10:18:45 AM
Vicki
I didn't comment on what he said
I commented on him.
I consider what he said on this issue to be very tame compared to what he said about his VP pick.
Cheney part 2
The best performing repub candidates are the ones running from Bush cheney. mcCain is drinking the kool aid by the gallon.
I hope you also realize vicki, NOT 1 single iraqi attacked us on 9/11. osama is saudi, 15 of the hijackers were saudis, they trained in afganistan.
Please read a newspaper.
Your "they" are not the people who attacked us on 9/11
Posted by: jimmyboyo | Jan 4, 2008 10:30:39 AM
Justincredible
Germany actualy declared war on the US a very short time after the Japanese bombed pearl harbor.
Iraq never declared war on the US nor was there 1 single iraqi who attacked the US on 9/11. They were SAUDIS who trained in afganistan
Posted by: Jimmyboyo | Jan 4, 2008 10:32:41 AM
Vicki seems to be one of those right-wingers that has no actual knowledge of a situation but rather parrots everything they hear in the media. The fact that she thinks Iraq and al-Qaeda are the same thing is proof. There has never been any proven link between Iraq and al-Qaeda. al-Qaeda militants are Afghanistan.
Also, Vicki, Jimmyboyo didn't say anything about "make it a hundred" or "maybe a hundred" the blog author did.
Posted by: FernLaPlante | Jan 4, 2008 10:41:18 AM
Actually, Saudis, Jordanians and Egyptians who trained in Germany and the US.
I think we can now safely remove all our troops from Germany (Europe), South Korea and Japan. It's become welfare for generals.
Posted by: anon (gmail.com) | Jan 4, 2008 5:55:47 PM
As a member of the military that has been deployed to Iraq and South Korea they are about as different as night and day. The first fact to take into account is the enviroment. Sustaining operations in the desert region is a massive undertaking when compared to the milder regions of the world in which the U.S. has operations. But I would say that you also have look at the demographic of the people. Being soo close to the cradle of western religions carries with it the feuds that NEVER will be quelled by military force. I think we are pretty damn ignorant to believe we can manage in Iraq for 100 years. Terrorists organizations thrive on staying underground and limiting centralized command. But oh well... as long as Iraq is occupied the US will be "safe".
Posted by: Toto | Jan 4, 2008 9:41:10 PM
Thank God for this video otherwise no one would realize Mccain has lost his freaking mind!
Posted by: John | Jan 5, 2008 1:47:47 AM
Anon
15 out of 19 of the 9/11 hijackers were SAUDI arabian.
4 out of 19 being Jordanians and Egyptians doesn't amount to squat
Al queda is financed by Saudi Arabia. bandar Bush's freaking wife has been implicated in fenneling and laundering money for al queda.
15 out of 19 being saudi
their leader osama being Saudi = we were attacked by the Saudis. not 1 Iraqi
All of them trained in afganistan. They might have taken flight lessons somewhere else, but Al Queda training camps were in afganistan
Posted by: Jimmyboyo | Jan 6, 2008 6:55:14 PM
John McCain has just created an al Quida recruitment video for all the freakin jihadists out there by saying were going to stay in Iraq for a 100 years and he wants to bomb Iran? God help us if this bozo becomes President. He's trying to start a war with Iran now and they are 3 times as large as Iraq. He can send his sons and daughters to die there, just don't send mine you chickenhawk warmonger. this country is already bankrupt financially and morally over this war with Iraq that had nothing to do with 911, nor terrorism. Wake up America and vote against the Neoconmen who have hijacked the Republican Party and this formerly great country of ours.
Posted by: Dave | Jan 8, 2008 1:21:31 AM