Letters to the Editor
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"Events will prove one of us correct in the next few days."
It took more than a few days, but certainly it is clear who was correct, and it was not McCain -- not correct then, not correct now.
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CAMELEON!
Mr. McCain is very interesting person.
in 2003 his hero and role model was Theodore Roosevelt, AND NOW VERY CONVENTANTLY, RONALD REGAN.
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Wow.
They both knew the same information, yet one was so right, and McCain was so wrong. One acted like a patriot, the other a cheerleader.
McCain is without question a hero, and an honorable man, but not everyone has good judgement. He has proven on multiple occasions, that all the good intentions in the world can't make up for lack of vision, or bad choices.
I'm sorry, but you can't be my president.
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Ooh, ooh, I know the answer to this one!
I needed to loyally support my president at the time, for the good of the troops, even if I disagreed with him in private.
/washes hands
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byrd got it half right.
mccain,on the other hand, is merely a garden variety war-monger. he got it all wrong.
this usually was covered up by writing the history books, but lately america hasn't been winning. south east asia and central america were wars that weren't necessarily to america's advantage, and the middle east has been a disaster.
"mission accomplished" might better have been said by bin laden or khomeini.
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Time to face reality?
An excerpt of an article from crikey.com.au. I'm guessing US readers may find it somewhat offensive, so apologies for that, but still...
Iraq collapsing, Bear Stearns collapses
Monday, 17 March 2008
US correspondent Guy Rundle writes
...Winners cut their losses, and let their profits run. They cut their losses even if they've failed to cut them earlier – in other words, they don't let the embarrassment or feelings of foolishness or reproach tempt them into hoping for a turnaround when a good result is no longer possible. They suck it up, and take the loss. Losers' logic by contrast is narcissistic – letting your losses run relies on a delusion of some sort of specialness which absolves you from the laws applying to everyone else.
In a media culture losers' logic attaches itself easily to the idea of American exceptionalism – all this "last best hope of man" bullsh-t, as if history stopped in 1776. To maintain it, history must be fictionalised. John McCain's ads have him ranting "we won't surrender they'll surrender. We're Americans and we never surrender!" This man is a VIETNAM WAR VETERAN. He was released from a POW camp only because the US had surrendered, and prisoners were allowed to return home. How does this line – akin to Sarkozy saying "Us? We never get invaded!" -- even work? Because losers' logic is dominating the debate...
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Did everyone have a good cry?
Because nobody stopped this from happening. Words bigger than actions.
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McCain Does Not Weep
The thing that really bothers me about McCain's response is that it basically mirrored what George Bush was saying at the time and also it's absolutely illogic. The thought of having a President who so easily obscures the truth scares me. To say that the U.S. had the intention of going into Iraq in order to "free" the Iraqi people is almost laughable. All I could think of the whole time was "what about genocide in Africa".. this mantra just kept repeating in my head. We don't give a crap about those people on that continent. And also, the comparison with Kosovo was absurd. There we worked the U.N. to settle the problem. We did the exact opposite of what we did in Iraq. In Kosovo we drew consensus with our allies, we respected the needs of the international community.
Please, lets not put this man in office. We have already suffered eight years of this.
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McPain
After analyzing Mr. John McCain’s speech, one comes to the conclusion that McCain was running for the 2008 presidency back in 2003; toe the party line, glorify America, praise the courage and love of liberty that only an American can experience. And last but not least, show the American people the courage he possesses by being willing to send thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis to their death, all based on the wisdom and leadership exposed by his President. To do otherwise would be un-American.
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This One's for You, Lloyd
Sen. McCain, I knew Woodrow Wilson. Wilson was a friend of mine, and you, sir, are no Woodrow Wilson.
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Mis-placed assets and enthusiasim
Greetings all. Having just finished reading the "Today, I weep for my country" article, I am again struck by the difference in opinions. Both of these men are honorable in their intentions and in their belief. However, I must agree that taking military action in/on Iraq for the actions of Al-Quida, is plainly wrong-headed. I can agree that Sadddam Hussein was a despicable character, worthy of a Navy Seal teams 40 cent bullet, not a $12 billion war. Seems it was to difficult for the administration to tell the difference between a picture of Saddam and a picture of Osama. It was never a doubt that we could hit Saddam, he had no Navy, no Air force to speak of, and an Army in disarray. There was always a doubt about what to do after he was defeated, even us plain folks here in New England knew that, "Hey George, now what are you going to do?" Senator McCain never even mentioned Al-Quida in his rebuttal to Senator Byrd....does he know they exist, does he care?....what do we do now John? I guess if you can't see them, they don't really exist. Tis a good man, he is, but wrong then, and wrong now......
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What is good about McPain?
Just curious.
To me he seems like another Republican warmongering asshole.
Honorable? Being one of the many war criminals from the Vietnam war, - where is the honor in that?
Get him in, and the rest of the world's only hope is that the US goes bankrupt!
Pity for all the decent, ordinary Americans, but when you choose leaders the way you do, it is obvious that you need something to get you out of the sleep-walking.
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Sen. Byrd: A Great Man Amongst Fools
Sen. Byrd spoke delivered great speeches on the Senate floor about Cheney and Bush destroying our country. Few listened. Thirty-five months ago, in April 2005, he published a collection of some of those speeches: "Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant President." We should all carry this book around, and quote it to those who say "Who could have known?"