The Bourgeois Veteran, John McCain
McCain assails Democrats on Iraq
04/11/07
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer
(Republican presidential contender John McCain) "Calling the war
'necessary and just,' McCain said those like him who support
Bush's troop increase chose the "hard road" but "right road."
"Democrats, who deny our soldiers the means to prevent an American
defeat, have chosen another road," he said, referring to the standoff
between Democrats in control of Congress and Bush over war funding.
"It may appear to be the easier course of action, but it is a much
more reckless one, and it does them no credit even if it gives them
an advantage in the next election."
____________________________
This whole thing is the very epitome of someone creating a situation
and then standing back from that situation and thinking it has
nothing to do with them, that it is forces from outside that is
the cause.
President Cheney, uh..., Bush, convinced Congress and most of the
American People that it was necessary to go to war for whatever
reason. Now the war isn't bringing in the schoolyard and back
alley pay-offs that Bush/Cheney envisioned.
I am not really pleased with either Democrats or Republicans, but
we now have John McCain, a Viet Nam veteran, calling the war "necessary
and just" without attempting to give even one valid reason that
it is either necessary or just. You will just have to trust him
on that.
Then, in one very short sentence-
"Democrats, who deny our soldiers the means to prevent an American
defeat,...."-
McCain turns the US invasion of Iraq into the magic shell game of
switching your focus to thinking American soldiers are 'facing a
defeat!'
If we are to believe the political McCain as opposed to the veteran
McCain, we didn't invade Iraq, we were just over there on a holiday
and the Iraqis attacked us!
Yes! THEY attacked us and it is WE who are on the defensive!
WE are facing defeat!
Hello! Is there anyone home in his brain?
Shame on this arrogant, bourgeois veteran!
04/11/07
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer
(Republican presidential contender John McCain) "Calling the war
'necessary and just,' McCain said those like him who support
Bush's troop increase chose the "hard road" but "right road."
"Democrats, who deny our soldiers the means to prevent an American
defeat, have chosen another road," he said, referring to the standoff
between Democrats in control of Congress and Bush over war funding.
"It may appear to be the easier course of action, but it is a much
more reckless one, and it does them no credit even if it gives them
an advantage in the next election."
____________________________
This whole thing is the very epitome of someone creating a situation
and then standing back from that situation and thinking it has
nothing to do with them, that it is forces from outside that is
the cause.
President Cheney, uh..., Bush, convinced Congress and most of the
American People that it was necessary to go to war for whatever
reason. Now the war isn't bringing in the schoolyard and back
alley pay-offs that Bush/Cheney envisioned.
I am not really pleased with either Democrats or Republicans, but
we now have John McCain, a Viet Nam veteran, calling the war "necessary
and just" without attempting to give even one valid reason that
it is either necessary or just. You will just have to trust him
on that.
Then, in one very short sentence-
"Democrats, who deny our soldiers the means to prevent an American
defeat,...."-
McCain turns the US invasion of Iraq into the magic shell game of
switching your focus to thinking American soldiers are 'facing a
defeat!'
If we are to believe the political McCain as opposed to the veteran
McCain, we didn't invade Iraq, we were just over there on a holiday
and the Iraqis attacked us!
Yes! THEY attacked us and it is WE who are on the defensive!
WE are facing defeat!
Hello! Is there anyone home in his brain?
Shame on this arrogant, bourgeois veteran!
posted by John | 12:40 PM
1 Comments:
I am a 2 tour Vietnam Veteran who recently retired after 36 years of working in the Defense Industrial Complex on many of the weapons systems being used by our forces as we speak.
Politicians make no difference.
We have bought into the Military Industrial Complex (MIC). If you would like to read how this happens please see:
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/03/spyagency200703
Through a combination of public apathy and threats by the MIC we have let the SYSTEM get too large. It is now a SYSTEMIC problem and the SYSTEM is out of control. Government and industry are merging and that is very dangerous.
There is no conspiracy. The SYSTEM has gotten so big that those who make it up and run it day to day in industry and government simply are perpetuating their existance.
The politicians rely on them for details and recommendations because they cannot possibly grasp the nuances of the environment and the BIG SYSTEM.
So, the system has to go bust and then be re-scaled, fixed and re-designed to run efficiently and prudently, just like any other big machine that runs poorly or becomes obsolete or dangerous.
This situation will right itself through trauma. I see a government ENRON on the horizon, with an associated house cleaning.
The next president will come and go along with his appointees and politicos. The event to watch is the collapse of the MIC.
For more details see:
http://rosecoveredglasses.blogspot.com/2006/11/inside-pentagon-procurement-from.html
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