Will the "war hero" McCain lead the charge?
Posted on 04/15/2010 1:47:22 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said on Thursday the operations of drug cartels along the U.S.-Mexico border are tantamount to war and urged a top military commander to deploy high-tech military systems to monitor activities in the area.
"I can make an argument that we are [engaged] in combat on the border," McCain said during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, which was considering the nomination of Vice Adm. James "Sandy" Winnefeld Jr. to head U.S. Northern Command. He called the $65 billion-per-year drug trade in that region, which has resulted in murders on both sides of the border, a "corrosive effect" on life in the Southwest.
McCain has represented Arizona, which shares a 1,400 mile border with Mexico, in the House and Senate since 1982. The senator said he was more concerned about the security of the border than he has ever been, given what he described as irregular warfare operations by drug cartels.
A 58-year-old rancher in southeast Arizona was found shot to death on March 27. Investigators speculated that he was killed by a drug smuggler who had illegally crossed the border.
McCain told Winnefeld the violence justifies a military response, including sending the kind of advanced systems the Defense Department is using in Iraq and Afghanistan to the Mexico border.
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Will the "war hero" McCain lead the charge?
McAmnesty alert!
Whatever it takes to get re-elected?
Landmines are cheap and effective.Posted Signs in English and Spanish, also cheap.
Sadly7, although this may be a good thing, I cannot trust him to mean it, and believe it isn’t just a campaign thing. They say fool me once, and all that, he has tried to fool us what 10 or 12 times?
“McCain finally awake”
No. He is running for office.
[He called the $65 billion-per-year drug trade in that region, which has resulted in murders on both sides of the border, a “corrosive effect” on life in the Southwest.]
It has a “corrosive effect” on the whole Free World. How many members of Congress, state legislators, and federal employees are owned by the bad guys?
Even political zombies can be “awake” if you stretch the definition.
Old Mc is doing more flipflopping than a flapjack at the House of Pancakes.
“How many members of Congress, state legislators, and federal employees are owned by the bad guys?”
Exactly.
Remember when he was a pro-amnesty Maverick ?
Now he is a tough, protect the borders small government conservative. You think he was re-born?
You check out that Romney thread yet? :)
Remember when he was a pro-amnesty Maverick ?
Now he is a tough, protect the borders small government conservative. You think he was re-born?
You check out that Romney thread yet? :)
Election time conservative tales off RINO suit until election is over.
I have really had enough of these changelings.
The Romney thread? Which one?
This guy is a lost cause, he is NEVER awake and he will betray us everytime.
That's what we've been trying to tell you for years McCain, and you just called us racists.
I don’t trust anything McAmnesty says.....
McCain sickens me. He has caused so much damage to America with MCCain Feingold which put the Dems and O in control.
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