If he wants to leave the back door open to our nation, even go so far as inviting them in, then how the heck is he right on this issue?
Either you are serious about defending the nation or you aren’t. He can’t have it both ways.
Same goes for any other politician who blubbers on about the WOT while refusing to defend our borders.
BINGO!
Either you are serious about defending the nation or you aren’t. He can’t have it both ways. Same goes for any other politician who blubbers on about the WOT while refusing to defend our borders.
Exactly.
If he'd only towed the Conservative Line and not try to be such a suckup to Big Media and the likes of Ted Kennedy, he would have actually had an opportunity to fulfill his dream of being President!
The guy actually thought that working with Democrats and opposing The President would gain him favor with Big Media and get him crossover and moderate voters.
He has only himself to blame!
The Conservative Base did not leave him, he left us!
Oh, please. We could put the highest wall on the border and a million troops, and AQ would still get in if they wanted. Hundreds, if not thousands of AQ are getting across the desert from Iran to Iraq today, and we've got the troops and equipment and ability to use deadly force, and it still doesn't stop them.
You can make the argument that it would be a bad idea to invite the entire population of mexico into the US, but the argument that the border is some kind of security threat is just dumb.
The 9/11 terrorists got into the country while the southern border was at it's most porous, but they came in through the front door, international airports.
If there is a border security threat, it's not mexico, it's Canada.
McCain's got his serious faults and supported some dumb stuff. But accusing him of not being serious about defending the nation because he wanted to change the immigration laws is off the mark.
The issue of what to do with American troops in Iraq is of far more pressing concern than that of the borders. The latter is a problem that has been 50+ years in the building, and will take 20 more years to solve.
McCain's analysis is correct, and the consequences of being wrong (by leaving Iraq) will come a lot sooner, and be worse for us and the rest of the world.