Support AlterNet
Do you value the information you're getting from AlterNet? Please show your support with a tax-deductible donation.
Feedback
Tell us how we're doing.
John McCain Doubles Down on "100 Years in Iraq" Pledge
St. McCain has officially adopted "Iraq 4 Evah!" as a campaign slogan:
Republican presidential front-runner Sen. John McCain on Thursday defended his statement that U.S. troops could spend "maybe 100" years in Iraq -- saying he was referring to a military presence similar to what the nation already has in places like Japan, Germany and South Korea.This again? For the last time, no Americans were getting killed in those countries 5 years after those wars started. And there weren't radicalized religious movements in those countries that our occupation was enraging. And two of those countries had actually, you know, declared war on us and stuff. (And by the way, why the hell do we still have troops in Japan and Germany?)
"It's not a matter of how long we're in Iraq, it's if we succeed or not," McCain said to CNN's Larry King.
What's missing here, of course, is St. McCain never says precisely what "success" means, what an acceptable price to pay for that "success" is, and at what point does the price we've paid to date make "success" by any measure impossible.
Unfortunately for St. McCain, the rest of America has already made up its mind on the matter
| Also in War on Iraq | |||
| How Anti-Choice Dems and Mike Huckabee Could Team Up to Screw Over America's Women Half of America wants to see 'President Huck' in 2012. Because of him and conservative Democrats, women have a tough fight ahead. Post by Allison Kilkenny. November 11, 2009. |
Marine Reservist Chases, Assaults Greek Orthodox Priest Whom He Mistook for an Arab Terrorist Jasen D. Bruce hit the priest in the head with a tire iron, then chased him three blocks. Post by Faiz Shakir. November 11, 2009. |
Idaho Republican Blake Hall Fired for Throwing Used Condoms on the Lawn of a Woman He Was Stalking "It's unimaginable that a 56-year-old would be so deviant." Post by Steven D.. November 10, 2009. |
|