McCain: Don't Probe Kerry's Atrocities

NewsMax.com ^ | 5/11/04 | Carl Limbacher and the newsmax.com staff

[kattracks]

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who says the Bush administration needs to come clean about the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal as quickly as possible, said Monday that he didn't think it was a good idea to investigate Sen. John Kerry's admission that he committed war crimes in Vietnam.

"I just hate to keep going back and revisiting the Vietnam War over and over again," McCain told radio host Sean Hannity, when asked if Kerry and his supporters weren't being hypocritical in calling for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's dismissal over the Iraq prison flap.

"The very people who are so up in arms who are calling for Don Rumsfeld's head are supporting a guy who admits to burning down villages of innocent civilians," Hannity pressed. "So, I mean, is there an inconsistency there?"

McCain responded meekly, "I'm sure that there is."

After listening to audio from a 1971 interview where Kerry admitted he violated the Geneva Convention in Vietnam, McCain said he didn't think the issue was worth investigating given the strife it would cause.

"There's still so many of our veterans who feel so emotional about this issue that it digs up all of this controversy," he explained.

The Arizona Republican was far less timid about questions on whether Secretary Rumsfeld knew that Iraqi detainees were being abused at the Abu Ghraib prison.

Asked if he didn't agree that Rumsfeld had been a strong defense secretary, McCain equivocated.

"I agree with all of that but there is one strong caveat, OK," he told Hannity.

"And that is let's find out what the chain of command was, who gave the orders, who, if anybody, instructed these guards, what was their relationship with the interrogators, what was the story with the private contractors - all of those things have to be cleared up."

[anniegetyourgun]

Why, Kerry is an expert on war crimes....he should be commenting on the current scandal at Abu Ghraib.

[Heff]

Can someone stick a probe into McPain's head and see if he actually has anything in there???

[Reelect President Dubya]

After listening to audio from a 1971 interview where Kerry admitted he violated the Geneva Convention in Vietnam, McCain said he didn't think the issue was worth investigating given the strife it would cause.

Aiding and abetting Islamofascist propaganda does not cause strife?

[no_problema]

it's fair game.

afterall, kerry has made it a campaign issue.

i wonder if mccain is a democrat or republican. perhaps his wife's family's mafia preference for the democrats is showing.

[adam_az]

"Can someone stick a probe into McPain's head and see if he actually has anything in there???"

Just a big tumor where the brain used to be, I'm sad to report.

I am ashamed of my Senator!

[cardinal4]

"There's still so many of our veterans who feel so emotional about this issue that it digs up all of this controversy," he explained.

What about those of us feel it should be dug up, Mr McCain?

[Dr. Thorne]

Think the Dems would trade Zell Miller straight up for McCain?

[FR_addict]

I don't want someone who has committed war crimes as President. His war crimes should be investigated.

[doggieboy]

I think it's an atrocity that sKerry is running for President.

[LADY J]

McStain doesn't want to ruffle the RATS feathers. It might diminish the face time he gets on TV and the rest of the media.

It's getting to be difficult to listen to him anymore. I change the channel now when I see him.

[roylene]

I really am beginning to think Arizona needs to be punsnished for electing this guy.

[kinsman redeemer]

Maybe he doesn't want anybody checking out HIS record...

file here: C:\My Documents\Things that Make You Say, "Hmmmm..."\John McCain (RINO- AZ)

[You Dirty Rats]

Who keeps bringing up Vietnam every five minutes?

[montag813]

"I just hate to keep going back and revisiting the Vietnam War over and over again,"

Yeah right, except when he invokes "Vietnam" when discussing the Iraq War, which he does so damn frequently.

What a hypocritical lard ass.

[kinsman redeemer]

I saw an EXCELLENT proposal in the Rummy thread the other day... I wish I could attribute the source, but the idea was that we should do a prisoner exchange: The Dems give us Joe Lieberman and we give back John McCain.

[PISANO]

McCain is willing to allow the possibility of electing a POTUS that has admitted to WAR CRIMES, yet he is leading the charge for every stone to be unturned to expose and punish those responsible for the Abu Gharib prison debacle. There is something awfully suspect in that logic and I believe that Senator McCain is fast becoming a caricature of himself.

[Bommer]

Took the words right out of my mouth!

[Howlin]

What about those of us feel it should be dug up, Mr McCain?

Exactly. Free the Vietnam vets from the nasty lies Kerry has used against them to further his own ambitions.

And if it's wrong to investigate war crimes, why is Kerry using the Iraqi photos to raise money?

I hate John McCain.