http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/03/senator-john-mccain-american-enterprise-institute-iraq-war-ten-years-later
McCain's Lesson From Iraq: Surge Hard, But Don't Lie America Into War So Much
guess he's not planning on running again.
guess he's not planning on running again.
Since the troop surge began in January 2007, McCain has trumpeted his support for the 20,000-strong surge—and its perceived success in stabilizing the country—as a point of political honor. And his message during this ten-year anniversary event was no different: "If I have a scathing critique of the Bush administration, it is this: It took them three years to figure this out," McCain said, regarding the administration's delay in boosting the number of American troops in Iraq. (During defense secretary Chuck Hagel's confirmation hearings, McCain grilled him for his staunch opposition to the deployment of those additional troops.)
was he trying to get back at Hagel to and prove himself as right on the surge, the way he badggered him looks like it to me.
Those who were advocating for the surge "knew what had to be done," McCain triumphantly asserted. "It was an unpardonable mistake that [the Bush administration] let the war limp along as much as [it] did."
.I don't know the connection that exists right now between the two, but I know they have common cause.")
he sounded like Cruz on Hilary, "i have no proof nobody told me i read somewhere" then asked were guns being smuggled into Turkey,
.I don't know the connection that exists right now between the two, but I know they have common cause.")
witch hunters syndrome don't worry only affects right wing BS'ers.
So John McCain's main lessons from the Iraq war boil down to (a) surge harder, and (b) lie to the American people less when building a case for a large foreign war.
sounds about right, pun intended
