Senator McCain is an honorable gentleman, wise public servant, statesman and presidential caliber. Had he been in charge since 2000 we wouldn't be suffering the FUBAR in Iraq we now labor under with the White House Gang that can't get it right. They ran off the only guy, Colin Powell, who had his stuff together and knew that the emperor was without the proverbial clothes while leaving a tyrant incapable of rational thought processes in charge of DOD.
A President McCain would have staffed the Iraq operation with sufficient forces and would not have violated one of the basic tenets of victory in warfare, the disbanding of the organized armed force of the vanquished nation resulting in the creation of a political vacuum. Military policy dictated in a fit of pique is no better than one suggested by a box of Cracker Jacks.
The Iraq Army dissolved on the battlefield. What was left stripped themselves, picked up civilian clothes and went home. But of course had they know it was President McCain, they would not have done that.
What planet are you living on? McCain and Powell... two RINOs if there ever were any.
I think I feel a zot coming on... Someone get me a tissue.
Now that is the most laughable post I've seen in quite some time....
Thanks for the chuckle.....
"Senator McCain is an honorable gentleman, wise public servant, statesman and presidential caliber. Had he been in charge since 2000 we wouldn't be suffering the FUBAR in Iraq we now labor under with the White House Gang that can't get it right. They ran off the only guy, Colin Powell, who had his stuff together and knew that the emperor was without the proverbial clothes while leaving a tyrant incapable of rational thought processes in charge of DOD.
A President McCain would have staffed the Iraq operation with sufficient forces and would not have violated one of the basic tenets of victory in warfare, the disbanding of the organized armed force of the vanquished nation resulting in the creation of a political vacuum. Military policy dictated in a fit of pique is no better than one suggested by a box of Cracker Jacks."
Yesterday was April Fools Day. You're a little late.
Wow, that's a mouth full. I once thought Colin Powell had the tools to be a latter day George Marshall. I no longer think so. I don't see him as a giant in formulating policy etc. He strikes me as a guy to implement policy, and perhaps good at that. He did a good job in Pakistan, though, during the Afghanistan battle.
I seriously doubt Senator McCain will ever get the opportunity to prove what a fine President he would have been. I have often wondered where his moral and ethical center of gravity is. He has managed to insult the base of the Republican Party at just about every turn. That is a great deal of ground to make up. He seems to worry a great deal whether the editorial staff of the NYT considers him Presidential timber. Anyway, it doesn't matter at this point. There are others that are building the foundation so when the time comes to start the race, McCain will find he can't muster the popularity to survive the primary process.
As for Iraq, I'm pretty sure the big picture there was painted in the White House. After that I am willing to bet the nuts and bolts, levers, buttons and switches were assembled at the Pentagon. Over all I think they have done a pretty good job.
The plan seems to be to change the dynamic in the entire region. If the good guys succeed at that in Iraq and Afghanistan, a whole new world commences. Some folks think the Iraqi are subhuman that neither deserve nor are capable of self rule and the rule of law. I guess we will see.
If it fails, I'd like to see it fail for some reason than that Democrats, the press and other liberals want it to fail.
You need to read military strategy from a source other than the New York Times.