Thursday, March 20, 2008
The Five 'O Clock Follies, now starring John Boy
After giving us doubts as to whether or not he knows the difference between Shia and Sunnis with his flat out wrong assertion that the Shia Iranians are helping the Sunni al-Qa'ida in Iraq, John McCain then belts out this crapola: "America and our allies stand on the precipice of winning a major victory."
Really John? So what happens when we pull troops from the surge out of Iraq, as we'll inevitably have to, and then the different factions of the still heavily divide country capitalize on the opportunity to get back to fighting each other? What happens when al-Sadr lifts the ceasefire on from the Mahdi Army? What then? There hasn't been peace in Iraq, just less violence because more US boots were put on the ground. But those soldiers will have to leave eventually, and all the hard work they did quelling the violence may be squandered because no progress has been made on the political front in Iraq.
So what then, Mr. McCain? Where's your major victory now? And this guy thinks he's fit to be commander in chief? You've got to be kidding me.
Really John? So what happens when we pull troops from the surge out of Iraq, as we'll inevitably have to, and then the different factions of the still heavily divide country capitalize on the opportunity to get back to fighting each other? What happens when al-Sadr lifts the ceasefire on from the Mahdi Army? What then? There hasn't been peace in Iraq, just less violence because more US boots were put on the ground. But those soldiers will have to leave eventually, and all the hard work they did quelling the violence may be squandered because no progress has been made on the political front in Iraq.
So what then, Mr. McCain? Where's your major victory now? And this guy thinks he's fit to be commander in chief? You've got to be kidding me.
tas, 9:56 AM
