BernieHund: The Political Watchdog

Oh, what does that mean? 

“My friends, the war will be over soon … for all intents and purposes, although the insurgency will go on for years and years and years,” the Arizona senator said. “But it will be handled by the Iraqis, not by us.”

“The war will be over soon” would have been sufficient.  The qualifier “for all intents and purposes” leaves me a little baffled.  And, if the Iraqis are going to handle “it” why will we need to be there for a hundred years?  The same reason we still have troops in Korea?  That’s another one I don’t quite understand.

Perhaps, John McCain has realized that approximately two-thirds of Americans are against the war at this time.  We didn’t just lose interest as most like to say.  We realized that we were lied to and misled into Baghdad. 

Well, it all sounds like a bit of double talk to me.  If we are going to keep troops in Iraq for the next hundred years and they aren’t fighting the war, what are they going to be doing?  Sitting on the sidelines cheering for the Iraqis? 

The truth is that Senator McCain has admittedly come to terms with the fact that his support of the War in Iraq was going to be the downfall of his campaign.

John McCain said Monday that to win the White House he must convince a war-weary country that U.S. policy in Iraq is succeeding. If he can’t, “then I lose. I lose,” the Republican said.

He quickly backed off that remark.

“Let me not put it that stark,” the likely GOP nominee told reporters on his campaign bus. “Let me just put it this way: Americans will judge my candidacy first and foremost on how they believe I can lead the country both from our economy and for national security. Obviously, Iraq will play a role in their judgment of my ability to handle national security.”

“If I may, I’d like to retract ‘I’ll lose.’ But I don’t think there’s any doubt that how they judge Iraq will have a direct relation to their judgment of me, my support of the surge,” McCain added. “Clearly, I am tied to it to a large degree.”

Well, that pretty much explains it for me.  If he keeps stating his support for an ongoing war, he loses.  If he softens the idea by saying the troops will stay but not be fighting, maybe he will win?  Nada.  Nope.  Not going to happen. 

Once again, we see a candidate doing something resembling the Texas Two Step to get behind the desk in the Oval Office.  We have all heard John McCain, since day one, support the the war.  And, if there is one thing we should have noticed by now, it is that McCain is as unflinching in his pursuit of war as the Bush-Cheney administration.

Now… if Senator McCain thinks anyone will vote for him based on his economic policy derived from Wealth of Nations ….. no comment.  It isn’t worth my time or effort.