McCain: Had I won in 2000, Iraq War might not have happened

CNN's The Lead with Jake Tapper ^ | July 18, 2014 | Jake Tapper

[2ndDivisionVet]

Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, made a surprising suggestion Thursday night: If he had been elected in 2000, there might not have been a war in Iraq.

The Vietnam veteran and former prisoner of war, who lost his race for the GOP nomination that year but went on to become his party’s nominee in 2008, made his comments in a far-reaching interview in CNN and National Journal’s “Politics On Tap” event, after this reporter asked him what would be different if he had won either in 2000 or 2008.

On 2008, McCain said “national security” would be different, and he delineated the many ways he would have done things differently from the victor, President Barack Obama. But when asked about 2000, McCain made the most surprising remarks. “You’ll find this surprising,” he said, “but I think I would’ve been more reluctant to commit American troops.”

[2ndDivisionVet]

How creative! He invents new ways for me to hate him even more on a daily basis. I thought he had outsourced that to his daughter and Linda.

[dforest]

uh huh, McCain loves war as long as he gets to act like war leader.

[Slump Tester]

More likely we would have been screwed just as bad as we are now, only earlier.

[Forgotten Amendments]

He’s right. He would’ve had all our troops fighting in other countries by then.

[Fantasywriter]

Rather than hate him, which runs contrary to the Lord’s commands, let’s pray for him. He seems mentally more unfit as time goes by. He certainly doesn’t seem to have a Christian outlook on life. He’s getting up there. Let’s pray he sets his spiritual house in order before it’s too late.

As to his comments about Iraq, they are dotty. The product of a diseased mind. God can cure that too, if McCain will allow it/ask for it.

[cripplecreek]

[Ouchthatonehurt]

Be quiet John.

[longfellow]

Oh blow it out your @$$ mr. song bird of nam.

[svcw]

So then he would have ignored the Clinton admin plan to remove saddam from power as well the UN resolution to remove?
Interesting

[a fool in paradise]

Who approved Barack taking us to war againts Gaddafi?

What was our interest?

It led to the murder of our ambassador there in a terrorist attack.

FUJM

[Darksheare]

McPain would have had a non-response to 9/11 handy.

[cripplecreek]

uh huh, McCain loves war as long as he gets to act like war leader.

Until things go to hell, then he's leading the charge to demand answers.

[CatherineofAragon]

But, John-—you told us Obama would make a fine president.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Notice it’s not, “If I’d won in 2008, this wouldn’t be happening.”

He knows damn well the beating Zero in 2008 was never on the table.

[cripplecreek]

I personally wish we had elected Duncan Hunter in 08. That’s one smart and tough guy.

[FlingWingFlyer]

And the al Qaeda islamofascists would be standing on the sidewalks outside of Home Depot looking for day labor jobs, right Johnny?!

[Popman]

I am sure in his demented, senile war mongering old mind this revisionist history...would have happened...

[PLD]

Moron,he is so in love with his ugly self.McCain must stay awake at night dreaming up this kinda stuff..

[sport]

From McCain’s point of view, he is. I will regret to my last breath voting for him [McCain] in’08 and Romney in ‘12. But I finally learned.

[MaxMax]

McCain's definition of war is, "No hitting in the face, No shooting above the ankle,
and No meanie comments on the battlefield".