McCain: Re-fighting Vietnam?

PT Barners, Galsit OK — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:16:59 GMT

Here are some guidelines. If a story is in the NYTs, and it's about McCain, it is more then likely a lie.

McCain: Re-fighting Vietnam?

James Tn — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:24:20 GMT

McWar give it up........

McCain: Re-fighting Vietnam?

Diane from Illinois — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:28:05 GMT

This brings us to the age-old (sorry) question: WHERE are McFossil's medical records? I'm sorry, but you can't be held captive and tortured and NOT have any long term mental problems coming from that. It's a fact. The American people need to know they aren't voting for some shell-shocked nutcase that might lost it at any moment because of his past life experiences.

McCain: Re-fighting Vietnam?

Truth for Our Times — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:29:27 GMT

Defeat is a overture for everything this man will not stand for...no matter how many families must suffer on both sides...Why should we care about sowing seeds of hatred..when hatred is our core battle cry?..think about it...

McCain: Re-fighting Vietnam?

Dave in AL — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:34:42 GMT

McCain will not only keep us in Iraq, he will lead us into wars with other countries. The man is a warmonger, and if you listen closely, he's already preparing people for war with Iran. All his little verbal slip-ups aren't accidents.

McCain: Re-fighting Vietnam?

nolawi — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:49:14 GMT

McBush went wrong after he won the nomination!

McCain: Re-fighting Vietnam?

Steve A Jonesboro IN — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:50:00 GMT

It has always been sriking to me the difference in attitude towards war between those who were actually on the ground in the mud and blood of Viet Nam (as I was in the Marines) and someone who was locked in a POW compound. I had respect for mccain in 2000 - that respect has been squandered. He is a typical Washington politician and has no qualifications to be president. He tries to appear to distance himself from the miserable failure of a coward like bush, but in fact is a mirror image. Mccain = bush.

McCain: Re-fighting Vietnam?

R.Merrell — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:52:28 GMT

McCain, like so many before him, doesn't want to learn nor understand the lessons of war and the Middle East. Were he to study the Crusades, he would see that history, the West, and the U.S in particular, are once again repeating the same disastrous attempt to westernize Muslim countries and Muslim thought. In WWI the Germans moved 200 miles into Russia thinking they could take over the country - oblivious to the other 9000 miles of Russian territory they had no chance of controlling. They repeated the same mistaken attempt in WWII with equally disastrous results. They didn't learn from their previous mistake in the First War. GW Bush has no knowledge of history and his ignorance has resulted in loss of thousands of lives and billions of dollars in the Middle East. John McCain's approach to Iraq is exactly the same - and we wants to continue that war until we achieve "victory", what ever that is. He can't define it anymore than the Crusaders could achieve it. The U.S. has become a pariah to much of the world because of the policies of GW Bush. McCain is determined to continue those same failed policies, no matter what the cost.

McCain: Re-fighting Vietnam?

thats a fact jack — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:52:47 GMT

mccant is mired in the distant past and the past is the future for him, he does not have a clear positive vision of the future

McCain: Re-fighting Vietnam?

Eric, Salinas, CA — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:52:50 GMT

A real pity the media does not tell us about "Warmonger" McCain's incompetent combat record. He got shot up on the Forrestal waiting to take off by a friendly fire missle hitting his plane. Then he transferred to another carrier where he was given the designation of "Gregory Greenass", the moniker given to all rookie pilots. He got shot down on his first combat flight.

Trying to relive VietNam that we should have stayed longer to ensure victory is so much revisionist history hogwash. Staying would never have changed the ultimate outcome. The false domino theory never came to pass that if South VietNam was lost to the commies then all of Southeast Asia would fall to them too. We left a bunch of military harware in South VietNam when we left and much of it fell to the commies.

Now we have another false theory that if we get out of Iraq it will fall to Al Qaeda. Not a chance that will happen now that the Shiites are well armed and have the backing of neighboring Iran. Even the Kurds and Sunnis wouldn't allow a bunch of foreigners to run their country.

The sooner we get out of Iraq the better. That will force them to deal with their problems together sooner. Once again we're arming a country and teaching them our military tricks just so we will have to face them in the future.

Obviously " Warmonger" McCain learned all the wrong lessons from VietNam and is trying to apply his mistaken approach to Iraq. We need Barack Obama to save our brave soliders from such losers of the NeoCon crowd.

Go Obama 08/12!

McCain: Re-fighting Vietnam?

Houston — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:53:16 GMT

"[McCain] has championed the cause of Aung San Suu Kyi, the imprisoned leader of the Burmese resistance. "

And he had two lobbyists on his staff who made hundreds of thousands of dollars in blood money representing the interests of the brutal dictatorship in Burma. He dumped the two lobbyists only when it became public knowledge that might have blown up into a scandal even the corporate media would have trouble ignoring.

The moral of the story is: exporting democracy is great, but when there's money to be made off a dictator, a buck is still a buck.

BTW: When is the media going to investigate McCain's close relationship to convicted felon and Hitler-lover G. Gordon Liddy? The relationship "raises questions" about what kind of foreign policy McCain _really_ favors. Invading Poland, perhaps?

McCain: Re-fighting Vietnam?

Leahs in ALA — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:00:10 GMT

How can you have anything but respect for this man, I graduated in 75 and clearly remember the vietnam war-how unpopular it was, but this man regardless of any of his other views deserves the respect of Americans for what he endured-whether you like it or not some part of every war has been fought to preserve our freedom-I'm not so naive to think there are no other motives in these wars but we are Americans and in the case of John McCains sacrafice he willing made in Vietnam he deserves our respect- so there! Print that First Read

McCain: Re-fighting Vietnam?

Rick, NC — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:09:26 GMT

Mccain is a nut...he is the Manchurian Candidate of our times...his warped take on vietnam tinges his every thought with "if only we had fought harder and longer we could've won"...only a few on the fringe right actually believe america was going to stay in vietnam or iraq for a hundred years or more to "win"...of course none on the fringe right will send their kids to get killed either so their opinion is worthless anyway

McCain: Re-fighting Vietnam?

Eric, Salinas, CA — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:14:34 GMT

It never ceases to dismay me that the VietNam War keeps being refought and refought. The clueless vets like "Warmonger" McCain want to revise history with their false assertions that had we stayed longer we would have won.

The truth is us antiwar vets who were against VietNam late in the war were correct that the US pull out. We proved the domino theory false. We're right again that we need to pull our brave soldiers out of Iraq and time will prove us correct.

Time to get out of Iraq where our brave soldiers have been abused by the warmongers for the illusory gain of cheap oil. Yeah like that worked out real well with oil at over $120 a barrel. Time to get busy in Afghanistan and Pakistan to get rid of Bin Laden and pals.

Go Obama 08/12!

McCain: Re-fighting Vietnam?

Pat Huntington NY — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:19:56 GMT

I said once before, that on Day 1, McCain is going to re-declar war on Vietnam, and make them pay for what they did to him as a POW. This guy is crazy!!!!!

McCain: Re-fighting Vietnam?

J. Richter — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:21:16 GMT

This is one of the most insightful analysis yet regarding McCains foreign policy tendencies. Regardless, one must admire his experiences while recognizing that he is wrong.