McCain: "The key to our continued presence here is not how long we stay, it is the U.S. casualties. "
Thanks for getting the transcript. This is terrible for a US Senator to stay.
And actually in the two wars, we lost fewer troops, than the number of civilians who died on 9-11-01 in the terrorist attack. THAT is what it's all about.
Today is the 60 year anniversary of Iwo Jima, on TV they said, that there 150 troops were left out of the 1000 in a matter of a few hours, and 6,800 American soldiers died in less than a month. What would have happened then, if we had the same mentality, that if we suffer casualties, we should just surrender?
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I heard Richard Perle say somewhat the same thing....what he means is that we could stay forever like South Korea or Germany since there are no casualties there...but if we continued to sustain casualties for "years", then of course that would weigh on the public's minds.........I kind of agree......so in essence if it were peaceful for the most part, we would support staying longer.....I mean in the upcoming years, not the immediate future