McCain Doesn't Care When We Leave Iraq
Today, John McCain once again confirmed that he has no problem keeping our soldiers in Iraq for decades. After the 100 years remark, the media tried to pretend that St. McCain really wants to bring our troops home soon, maybe even by 2013! Wishful thinking.
"No, that's not too important." Let's try to unpack what McCain is saying here, because this isn't a gaffe or a misstatement. This is what he really believes, because he has made this same case many times.
John McCain basically does not care when or if the troops ever come home. In fact, to date he has not presented a single scenario by which that would happen. If the war continues at its current pace with casualties mounting, McCain wants us to stay there, and if necessary would probably send even more troops. Any withdrawal while such fighting is going on would be, in his eyes, "surrender". This is the "no surrender" scenario.
But what if a miracle happened and Iraq turned into postwar Japan or postwar Germany? What if the insurgency dried up, Al Qaeda packed their bags and left, and the Sunnis and Shiites started sprinkling flower petals on the troops instead of epithets and IEDs? In such a scenario, could our troops finally come home to a hero's welcome? Not if John McCain has anything to do with it. This is the "100 years" scenario, where we stay in Iraq for a century because some Islamic terrorists are over there.
Don't let yourself be fooled by the desperate, nonsensical spin coming from the McCain campaign. We've looked at his statements in context. We've listened to his evaluations of the war and where it should go over the next few years. McCain's position is very clear.
McCain will not pull our troops out. He thinks our enemies in the Middle East are just as dangerous as the Soviet Union, and for that reason will not even consider directing our attention elsewhere.
"No, that's not too important." Let's try to unpack what McCain is saying here, because this isn't a gaffe or a misstatement. This is what he really believes, because he has made this same case many times.
John McCain basically does not care when or if the troops ever come home. In fact, to date he has not presented a single scenario by which that would happen. If the war continues at its current pace with casualties mounting, McCain wants us to stay there, and if necessary would probably send even more troops. Any withdrawal while such fighting is going on would be, in his eyes, "surrender". This is the "no surrender" scenario.
But what if a miracle happened and Iraq turned into postwar Japan or postwar Germany? What if the insurgency dried up, Al Qaeda packed their bags and left, and the Sunnis and Shiites started sprinkling flower petals on the troops instead of epithets and IEDs? In such a scenario, could our troops finally come home to a hero's welcome? Not if John McCain has anything to do with it. This is the "100 years" scenario, where we stay in Iraq for a century because some Islamic terrorists are over there.
Don't let yourself be fooled by the desperate, nonsensical spin coming from the McCain campaign. We've looked at his statements in context. We've listened to his evaluations of the war and where it should go over the next few years. McCain's position is very clear.
McCain will not pull our troops out. He thinks our enemies in the Middle East are just as dangerous as the Soviet Union, and for that reason will not even consider directing our attention elsewhere.
posted by Existenz | 2:33 PM
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