Poor John McCain, he has based his strongest argument for why he should be president on his supposed foreign policy expertise. But his expertise seems more and more under attack, even from some in his own party. Now, McCain’s well-known volcanic temper seems ready to erupt, because he seems unable to get Obama to agree the he was correct about some foreign policy issues. So, with respect to McCain’s foreign policy, let’s take a look at what he seemed to have correct and what he seemed to have incorrect.
McCain was clearly right about the surge and that General Petraeus was indeed the right man to put in charge. Petraeus developed a brilliant battle plan and McCain was right to back him.
McCain was dead wrong about the Iraq war in the first place. This war has been almost surely the worst foreign policy blunder of America’s entire history. It has taken the lives of 4,000 Americans and an untold number of Iraqis and caused a loss of American credibility around the world that will take years to recover, if American ever recovers its credibility at all. We attacked a small nation that was never a threat to us, was not engaged in terrorism, and had no weapons of mass destruction. In doing so, we violated every principle that American has stood upon, for over 200 years. McCain supported that and still refuses to recognize what an awful blunder it was. Obama was correct about the war from the outset.
At the time the Iraq war began, we had things pretty much under control in Afghanistan. Bin Laden was cornered and would soon have been captured and the Taliban was all but wiped out. McCain supported moving troops out of Afghanistan to fight in Iraq. With his foreign policy expertise, McCain supported taking troops away from fighting the war we needed to fight (in order to put bin Laden out of business) and shifting them to a war we had absolutely not business at all fighting, against a nation that did not threaten us. I would prefer a little more sophisticated foreign policy expertise.
McCain supported freedom in Iraq. So, now, the Iraqis are free and as a free nation they want us to tell them when we will leave. They are free, a sovereign nation and they have asked us to get out. McCain says we should stay indefinitely until we get ready to leave. Is that the kind of foreign policy we want our nation to have? Not for me!
McCain’s foreign policy follows what was President Bush’s idea that we don’t talk to anyone we don’t like. At least that was Bush’s policy until he sent a high-level diplomat to talk to Iran. Now McCain does not seem to know just what to do. Does he support Bush, as he has in the past, or is he going to separate himself from bush and go his own bellicose, “don’t tread on me” way.
Poor John. He seems panicked. In his agitated state he struck out at Obama with the most virulent personal attack, that I have seen in a presidential campaign for a very long time. He said that he would rather lose a political campaign than lose a war, but the Obama is willing to lose a war in order to score a political victory. McCain is a man who made a point of saying he would keep the campaign clean. He seems to be losing his cool.
Most politicians start out
Most politicians start out saying they'll keep their campaigns clean, until they feel they don't have a lead or their lead is slipping. Then all's fair in love and presidential campaigning.
Besides all of the families and friends who've lost loved ones in this senseless war we're in, I think the next greatest tragedy is the credibility we've lost in the world. As many have said, Bush had the opportunity to have the world behind us after 9/11, when we went into Afghanistan, there wasn't anyone opposed to it that I remember. But he squandered that opportunity by taking his eye off the prize and going into Iraq.
I found it very strange that people in Europe were actually holding up signs for Obama's election. I can't recall a time that I've ever seen American's so involved in who some other country's leader would be. That speaks volumes, IMHO.
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Hello Sippy, thanks for the
Hello Sippy, thanks for the comment.
You can't "talk" to
You can't "talk" to terrorists. You people will never understand that. I'm no McCain fan but Obama will be a disaster as President (in my opinion).
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Yes, and George Bush has
Yes, and George Bush has been such a success. McCain will be more of the same. Our country can't afford it, IMO.
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McCain's the lesser of two
McCain's the lesser of two evils, in my opinion.
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Nope, McCain keeps proving
Nope, McCain keeps proving he is the evil. I haven't seen any of the "evil" in Obama! I am a McCain fan who keeps hating what he sees, more and more every day, in the guy!
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I was somewhat of a McCain
I was somewhat of a McCain fan too. Back when I thought he really was a Maverick!
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That helped (being a
That helped (being a Maverick), and ya know, I still am a fan ~ the Republican mafia just ruins him! Take them away and I know he is the same guy he always was.
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You should be more worried
You should be more worried about the Amish Mafia!
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