Post #163

Subject: John McCain, patriot?

What we need, what this country needs, is someone who will stand up and tell us the truth. We need a patriot, someone who has seen war and will give us a little straight-talk about the Iraq War.

“A war that began dishonorably cannot end honorably – the only honor comes with the end.” Lying, cheating, misguided, foolhardy, whatever your favorite term is to describe the sales campaign for the Iraq War – I think we can all agree that it was dishonorable

Ya’d think John McCain would be the perfect candidate to take on that task. Unfortunately, McCain has learned the wrong lesson about Vietnam – he thinks one more push will be honorable, sacrificing more men for… what?

I thought that the historical lesson of Vietnam was that we should not have been there in the first place – that will undoubtedly be the historical lesson of Iraq, too. The last thing we need is a President who is wrestling with the ghosts of Vietnam.

Can we convince those who want to do us harm that there is a better way BEFORE they do us more harm? Can we win the hearts and minds of the jihadists? Not as long as we are in Iraq…. * sigh *

I’m depressed now – I’ve been blogging for two years, and we have a major Presidential candidate who just doesn’t get it: Continued investment in Iraq weakens our position in the War on Terror. I shudder to think what it will take for McCain to realize that simple truth.