John, you like to pretend like the war started in 2007. You talk about the surge. The war started in 2003, and at the time when the war started, you said it was going to be quick and easy. You said we knew where the weapons of mass destruction were. You were wrong. You said that we were going to be greeted as liberators. You were wrong. You said that there was no history of violence between Shiite and Sunni. And you were wrong. And so my question is... of judgment, of whether or not -- of whether or not -- if the question is who is best-equipped as the next president to make good decisions about how we use our military, how we make sure that we are prepared and ready for the next conflict, then I think we can take a look at our judgment.
More than a few times McCain scoffed at Obama, claiming that he simply didn’t “understand” the Iraq War - that he was naïve, in the dark etc etc. The implication being, I would assume, that McCain DOES understand everything about the war and the region. Which begs the question that if he does, why has he been wrong on EVERYTHING so far? Wrong on everything, but he acts as if HE “gets it”, and has the solution to it all. I would hate to think this is true; that so many lives and dollars have been spent while John McCain had the solution the whole time – tucked away like the ace of spades in Snuffy Smith’s big black hat, merely waiting to spring into action once he became president and thereby becoming the Hero of All Time. Doesn’t sound like “Country First”, does it? Come January 21 if McCain is in The White House EVERYTHING changes, the war is won, we’re revered once again throughout the world etc etc.
Of course thinking that McCain is withholding secret formulas for success is a TAD facetious…just something to tuck away in your mind, along with THIS HERE. But I do think that the conclusion that the candidate who has been wrong pretty much every single step of the way re: the war has completely exhausted his ability to claim any sort of understanding on the subject as being superior to that of his opponent is the correct, logical one.
On the other hand, I look forward to Day 1 of McCainLand – streets paved with krispy kremes, Judith Light on the Playboy Channel 24/7 and McNunggets coming outta the faucets!!!
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Believing on something and being wrong about it is no sin, but what can be more wrong than leaving a baby who had survived an abortion out on a table in a dirty utility room to die? When this horrific situation was brought to light in his home state, and a bill came up to protect these infants, Senator Obama voted it down. 3 times. Voted AGAINST protecting LIVE babies who had suffered the agony of being ripped from their mother's wombs after 22 weeks. Viable infants, who, had they been born prematurely and not been scheduled to die, would most certainly survive with the proper intervention. It's unthinkable. Disgusting. Why? Because he felt it would undermine Roe vs. Wade. The death sentence stands protected while the baby is left lying cold and alone the dark to die. Even Hillary and Ted voted YES. Keep it quiet on the homefront. We've got bigger fish to fry. There's an election and a war to win. Son of a mother.
I hope and pray whoever wins this election will do the right thing when it's in his power to do so.
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