McCain Strongly Rejected Iraq Presence: "Bring Them All Home" »
Posted By Radiofreeeuropa 5 months, 1 week ago in NewsWhen it comes to getting U.S. troops out of Iraq, Sen. John McCain was for the idea before he was against it. Before the Arizona Republican argued on the campaign trail that U.S. forces could be in Iraq for 100 years he decried the very concept of a long-term troop presence.
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Radiofreeeuropa5 months, 1 week ago
I was against the war before I was for the war before I was .... (this is more support for the McCain has been replaced with a look alike pod person being controlled by remote control by DarthDick from an undisclosed location!
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Blackacereturn5 months, 1 week ago
Oh lay off the old man we shouldn't be mean to our seniors! I like McCain just not as our next president. What scares me the most is he is going to pick a ultra conservative to balance out his middle of the road crap, now this guy is very old and it wouldn't take much before we have another bush at the helm and the GOPers running wild with our Economy and taxes and picking on small Oil countries, and getting us into even more debt that we cant pay and our dollar being worth a dime in f...ing Canada. I don't know why that bothers me soo but we are less than Canada! I said Less than Canada, it's like having your baby sister kick your azz!
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jaspersneed5 months, 1 week ago
Pray the democrats get their pathetic act together in time to solidify the race and finally put this deranged old fool into his rightful place in the standings. For as long as it takes to settle on a Dem candidate, that's how long the APPEARANCE of credibility remains with McCain, when by all rights he should by now be flat out and down for the count.
Don't rely on the Media to ever bring a story like this up to mainstream coverage.
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DropkickaLib5 months, 1 week ago
I don't see any contradictions in being opposed to the war before it started but supporting the successful conclusion of military action after the war starts and our troops are there.
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raats66625 months, 1 week ago
FTA-McCain held fast, rejecting the very policy he urges today. "I not only think we could get along without it, but I think one of our big problems has been the fact that many Iraqis resent American military presence," he responded. "And I don't pretend to know exactly Iraqi public opinion. But as soon as we can reduce our visibility as much as possible, the better I think it is going to be.
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EXCEPT these statements weren't made BEFORE the war began these statements were made 8 months after "Mission Accomplished". And in his OWN words "I think one of our big problems has been the fact that many Iraqis resent American military presence" which is why this has turned into a CIVIL war.
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Justice4All5 months, 1 week ago
Wow, I agree. But I do think we need to impeach and indite Bush over this.
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Radiofreeeuropa5 months, 1 week ago
Some of the remarks about no longterm presence are as late as 2007.
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mesodude5 months, 1 week ago
"I don't see any contradictions in being opposed to the war before it started but supporting the successful conclusion of military action after the war starts and our troops are there."
--I suppose you wouldn't see a contradiction since McCain himself has been among those redfining what it means to be "successful." I wish my annual job performance review and raise were based on a self-appraisal system too. Cons think Bush is doing a "great" job merely because the public doesn't think he sucks AS bad as the Congress. What the hell kind of warped criteria for evaluating job performance is that?
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wtagg5 months, 1 week ago
Your tags, though I would imagine as being pretty ineffectual, are hilarious.
I found this story by typing in chicanery! ;-)
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Aidenag5 months, 1 week ago
Flippity Flop, Flippity Flop.. From the war, to the evangelical right, to taxes, to Lobbyists, to the economy. McLame is just about the biggest sellout in Modern US politics...
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Radiofreeeuropa5 months, 1 week ago
FTA- On the campaign trail, McCain has accused Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton of a "failure of leadership" by advocating a policy of drawing down troops. But in the MSNBC interview, McCain was arguing that U.S. "visibility" was detrimental to the Iraq mission and that Iraqis were responding negatively to America's presence - positions held by both Obama and Clinton."
And in the 2007 Charlie Rose interview he again said there was no need for troops to stay in Iraq, just advisers. What?
Is the man senile? Did he forget what he believes?is he heavily sedated or something?
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Radiofreeeuropa5 months, 1 week ago
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ETproductions5 months, 1 week ago
Yeah, but he's offering all the Bush deficit expanding tax cuts forever plus $1 trillion per year in new tax cuts. He will pay for those cuts by vetoing every spending bill that has earmarks (that's all of them). And those earmarks amount to $18 billion per year to offset $1.6 trillion in cuts (his and Bush's).
What's not to like in that. Let's just keep the Republican tax increases coming. Who cares, as long as it's all transfered to debt and we can leave it to our kids, and their kids to pay for our spending party?
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bubba25 months, 1 week ago
It is really pathetic and sad to see McCain, who I once respected very much, become so desperate to be President that he compromises his principles on just about every issue so that he can be President.
Can that job really be worth the selling of one's soul?
I can't figure how McCain and those like him (W and Cheney come to mind) actually sleep at night. They either use drugs, they are devoid of a conscience, or they have truly deceived themselves (or have been deceived) into believing that they are actually doing the right thing.
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Radiofreeeuropa5 months, 1 week ago
Actually the humor he used to have is long gone. He actually cracked me up by referring to a retirement home called pleasure acres as Seizure Acres. LOL. That was the old McCain. The new one isn't funny at all.
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rdy2rck5 months, 1 week ago
And some of my friends wonder why I'm having so much trouble voting any kind of conscience vote in this election. EVERY candidate has gone so far beyond just mis-speaking and blatantly changed positions at every turn including McCain.
What is an American that's trying to do the right thing supposed to do in good conscience.? Every vote I've made it's always a "lesser of 2 evils" vote but you can only vote so evil IMO.
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Radiofreeeuropa5 months, 1 week ago
rdy2rk, although I agree there is no perfect candidate and there never has been or will be. There are clear differences among the remaining 3. As you probobly know, I support Senator Obama. He was dead right about Iraq, He long ago warned of the housing-mortagage problem, way before either Clinton or McCain (and certainly the current occupant in the W.H.)were aware of the problem. He has the least connection to PACs and Lobbyists. Has not flip floped on any issue to pander to anyone to my knowledge. In fact the only negatives the Bush cheerleaders keep posting here are from dubious opinion blogs, not credible sources, often based on chain e mails from an anonymous source, or the statement of an insane asylum inmate. I won't bug you to vote for anyone in particular, but I encourage you to look at the policy, intelligence and integrity of all 3, (forget the gossip or claiming someone else speaks for the candidates please).
There are real differences.
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Radiofreeeuropa5 months, 1 week ago
No one can flip flop like McCain though. A few days ago one of the Bush Cult stated Obama would take our guns away on one of the threads. All 3 of these candidates have similar published positions on guns by the way and none wants the 2nd amendment repealed. (Guns and religion ARE always red herrings because presidents can not write gun laws or instate religion laws, and if they could any infringement of the bill of rights would not really fly in even this supreme court.)
Look at McCains record on Gun control though-
He Supported a ban on assault weapons in Aug. 1999
But Opposed restrictions on assault weapons and ammunition types (Cop Killer Armor Piercing Bullets) in Sept. 2007.
Voted NO on background checks at gun shows in May 1999. But now is for regulation and bans on certain weapons at gun shows.
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