Liar!!! FUJM!!!
Posted on 08/29/2011 4:02:49 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Sen. John McCain on Monday strongly disputed a U.S. diplomatic cable that said he pushed to help Muammar Qadhafi’s regime obtain military hardware two years ago, calling the notion “outrageous.”
The 2009 cable, released by the open information group WikiLeaks and written by staff at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, said in particular that McCain, at a meeting with Qadhafi and one of his sons, promised to help Libya obtain C-130 Hercules military cargo aircraft.
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On Monday, McCain told Foreign Policy magazine that the diplomatic cable was incorrect, and that he had never pledged any help to Libya in obtaining military hardware. “Of course not, that would have been ridiculous,” he said. “I was noncommittal. … I never said anything and I never did a single thing to follow up.”
McCain’s comments echoed what his spokesperson Brian Rogers told POLITICO on Friday. “At no point did Sen. McCain ever promise to help the Qadhafi regime secure U.S. military assistance. Upon the his return to Washington, there were no follow-up discussions and no action taken by Sen. McCain or his staff to provide the Qadhafi regime with C-130s or any other military assistance,” Rogers said.
McCain suggested that the embassy may have had its own interests in mind when writing the diplomatic cable. “At that time, the embassy was very interested in having a relationship with Qadhafi, but I can’t imagine why that diplomat said the things they said. It’s beyond me,” McCain said.
“Overall, I thought it was a very strange and bizarre experience,” said McCain of his meeting with Qadhafi, which was delayed six hours and took place in the desert.
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Liar!!! FUJM!!!
FUJM!
Memory loss is a terrible indicator. Retire before you further embarrass yourself, but it make be too late.
Well, then... that settles it. (as Michelle Bachmann might say)
BS!!!!!
I trust Mc Cain far more than Obama-bots.
I trust Mc Cain far more than Obama-bots.
Eh, shut up McCain. You are a liar and a big mouth traitor.
Oh yeah, Senator, how many times have you ‘reassured us’ that Oblame-o is a great patriot since you lost the election in 2008? What were you even doing talking to the Qhadafi regime in 2009? Who sent you there? Couldln’t have been your pal Oblame-o now could it, knowing that by sending you, a republican, any deals would fall under the radar of criticism.
mccain’s mentally ill.
You’d be mistaken to consider these cables the work of diplomats “working for Obama.” Most diplomats are permanent government employees, who have served in overseas posts - often dangerous - for years and decades. They have to move frequently; a posting usually lasts 4 years max. They’re doing a thankless job in some very difficult situations. They serve the *country,* not the President.
My best man is a foreign service diplomat, stationed in Baghdad *right now.* He was working at the embassy in Nairobi when it was bombed by Al Qaeda in ‘98. He survived because he went out to pick up lunch; the woman he was also getting lunch for was killed. He’s served for 30 years, through presidencies of both parties, primarily those of GOP Presidents. (Reagan, Bush, and Bush.)
It’s only the guys at the very top that are political appointees. The rest are regular old “government bureaucrats.”
LLS
“mccains mentaly ill”
Probably, but he is still sly enough to lie exactly like a democrat.
LLS
and he never considered Lieberman as his vice and he never was approached by Kerry to be the dem vice
suck an egg McLettuce
This is now!
Um, he didn't follow up on what he didn't say?
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