Jon Soltz: Is McCain Flip-Flopping, Calling for Draft, or Just in Fantasy Land?

[babylonsister]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-soltz/is-mccain-flip-flopping-c_b_112902.html

Jon Soltz
Is McCain Flip-Flopping, Calling for Draft, or Just in Fantasy Land?

Posted July 15, 2008 | 03:10 PM (EST)


Welcome to the party, Senator McCain.

Five years ago, on the April 10, 2003 Hannity and Colmes, John McCain said, "Nobody in Afghanistan threatens the United States of America and nobody is running terrorist training camps to orchestrate attacks on the United States of America." And, for the next five years, those "nobodies" made significant gains in Afghanistan, as McCain and President Bush focused on Iraq.

Today, apparently, Afghanistan is a threat and John McCain is just the man who knows how to "win wars," as he said in response to Senator Obama's speech on our global commitments. Actually, this is more like Senator McCain recognizing that Senator Obama, with his long-standing view that we needed to focus on Afghanistan, is about to look prescient about Afghanistan, and a lot tougher on the terrorists than John McCain. So, as Obama called for an increase in the number of troops in Afghanistan, McCain teased that this week, he'll call for a "surge" there.

One problem: He can't do it.

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If he knows how to win wars, as he says, then Senator McCain also must know how to do simple math. If he is serious about doing what he says he's going to do in Afghanistan, then he should explain to the American people that it will mean he has abandoned his stubborn position on Iraq, or he will institute the draft.

And, if he won't give America some straight talk on that, maybe, for once, the media will dare to ask Senator McCain a tough question or two.

[NC_Nurse]

1. He's gonna pull another army out of his ass. Right after he moves his head

out of the way...:eyes:

[rateyes]

2. IOW,

never.

[babylonsister]

3. A-ha! Like this?!

[NC_Nurse]

6. Exactly!

:D

[slinkerwink]

4. bookmarking

[Happyhippychick]

5. None. He's just lost his bearings.

[babylonsister]

10. Doesn't sound like a really valid excuse to me. Maybe he's too

aged to handle it? :think:

[Hope And Change]

7. K & R!

[Egnever]

8. Please let this hit the MSM

He is just making shit up as he goes along its patently clear. I hope they call him on this somehwere besides olberman.

[babylonsister]

9. That would be nice, but doubtful. Maybe one day even the

m$m will get sick of hiding the lies. I'm not holding my breath.

[OhioChick]

11. K&R

:kick:

[Prophet 451]

12. I pick option 3

I'm rapidly coming to the opinion that McCain's mind is going.

[ErinBerin84]

13. I literally started laughing when I heard the

"I know how to win wars!"

I think he has a Vietnam complex.

This is REALLY bad, but my grandfather goes to this one local bar all of the time, and today he told me that he makes fun of Vietnam vets there, and tells them "At least we won our war!"

[Butch350]

14. How many Fu**** wars has he won already?????