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Re: McCain Foreign Policy: Bush Doctrine Plus

mikemidcity — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:14:49 -0000

Gee, Spencer I agree one hundred percent. Bush is an evil little man, but really, did he know what he was unleashing in Iraq?

Take old John McCain now. Here is a man that knows war as few do and embraces it, knowing the worst that it will offer.

This is Mc-Insane, McCrazy ....... McUnelectable. The Republican party is over, much like my youth. McCain can't get elected and rather then lifting the under ticket he will drag it down like an anchor. The party is broke at the national and state levels and what is it they say about money and politics?

Still we need to talk about something and anything that isn't Hillary sucking the life out of the Democratic Party is a diversion. Thanks for the article.

Re: McCain Foreign Policy: Bush Doctrine Plus

jep07 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:44:54 -0000

The Manchurian Surrogate...

Re: McCain Foreign Policy: Bush Doctrine Plus

moondancer — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:05:39 -0000

Good piece Spencer. Fascinating the contrast between your analysis and Bobo's. He thinks McCains foreign policy speech is the most important words spoken by a candidate this cycle. Guess he's angling for press secretary.
I don't even consider the Maliki government a puppet. It's too weak to be called that. It is an excuse for bush imperial policy. That government is incapable of the most fundamental exercise. Maliki may be the only Iraqi that wants the US to stay. McCains had luck with the hard line on Iraq so far. I think it will bite him on the butt. He has nothing else to run on though. As the surge collapses and civil war resumes, the echo of "fifty? why not a hundred years..." will give him the beating he deserves.

Re: McCain Foreign Policy: Bush Doctrine Plus

chrishmael — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:15:05 -0000

Excellent piece. Develops a clear picture of what only floats as a blurry image around McCain. The man is the proto-warrior. His becoming reasonableness masks an inner truculence that flares out only rarely and smolders constantly. I find the man scary, even though Big Bill seems quite comfortable with him. But. then again, Bill thinks Krakatoa-East-of-Jaba-the-Hut Hillary would be the nation's best CIC.

Re: McCain Foreign Policy: Bush Doctrine Plus

spencer_ackerman — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:07:03 -0000

What are you talking about Skulz.

Re: McCain Foreign Policy: Bush Doctrine Plus

skulzfontaine — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:30:56 -0000

Oh yeah and one last little thingy. Thanks for answering my question Spencer, I really appreciate that. Yes I do.

Re: McCain Foreign Policy: Bush Doctrine Plus

skulzfontaine — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:29:41 -0000

Let's see, the Baghdad Green Zone is on fire and burning wildly out of control. Nuri al-Maliki is three sheets to the wind over Basra and his whiz-bang Iraqi elite are on the run and in surrender. Surge is what again? Bush-war is what again? Disaster? Debacle? Quagmire? Quagmire turned civil war? Yeah, that'd be the one. Yup, civil war is on and guess who's stuck directly in the middle? Yup, that'd be US! Bye bye service boys and girls. We'll see you in the next world and don't be late! How in hell is Super John going to fix this Bush-mess? Hmmm, would that be Bush-sh*t?