Will McCain's Support Of US Occupation Of Iraq Hurt His Chances Of Getting Elected? (Huckabee, voters)
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Surveys now show that Republicans support our military involvement in Iraq by about a two to one margin, however when all Americans are polled it is opposed by about a two to one margin instead. While John McCain may not support torturing detainees, having been subjected to torture as a POW in Vietnam, aside from that he has been a major figure in initiating this war, has consistantly supported it, and has recently said "a hundred years in Iraq would be fine with me".
Do you think that this issue will be a big factor with voters in November?
Whether or not it is a major factor (we will see, 9 months away), the "100 years" comment was just meant to be that we would have some sort of occupation there, like we do in 130 other countries. I don't support that either, but when people make it sound like he wants a 100 year war, I get a little fired up.
Yesterday the flip flopping freako libs loved McCain and today I called it right dead on, they would be back to the Iraq War bull.
Here they go again, changing issues like the wind.
Libs couldnt get enough Iraq, then when the surge showed success and the looney lib media hid all of the good information, the libs went right after Romeny and was for McCain. Now that Romney is gone, here they go again.
Now attacking McCain for supporting the war !!
I knew you guys would do this.
Both Billary and Oboma voted to send troops into Iraq, guess that only leaves Huckabee was the only non war monger.
McCain is no different then Oboma or Billary at all, other then he has a military background.
Who of the three McCain, Clinton or Obama is best suited to protect you from a terrorist attack?????
I don't think McCain is better than Clinton in protecting us in a terrorist attack. My issue with McCain is that he wants to leave troops in Iraq a LOT longer than I think is neccesary. Why can't he pull out like Clinton would?
I'll admit, if it gets down to Obama versus McCain, I'm going to like McCain because he has experience. This War thing really bogs it down though. I don't want to see us staying in Iraq FOREVER which it appears McCain would like to do.
I think McCain and Clinton are even on National Security. I think Obama is soft on it.
I don't think McCain is better than Clinton in protecting us in a terrorist attack. My issue with McCain is that he wants to leave troops in Iraq a LOT longer than I think is neccesary. Why can't he pull out like Clinton would?
I'll admit, if it gets down to Obama versus McCain, I'm going to like McCain because he has experience. This War thing really bogs it down though. I don't want to see us staying in Iraq FOREVER which it appears McCain would like to do.
I think McCain and Clinton are even on National Security. I think Obama is soft on it.
McCain is soft on national security but strong on international security. McCain enjoys beating on the hornets nest because he is retarded. Pissing off Arabs doesn't make us any safer here in the U.S. or overseas. Obama and Clinton are much better for National Security because they will make more friends than enemies. Why is everyone supporting McCain if most our soldiers hate him? Most soldiers supported Paul for a stronger national defense but everyone decided to vote against them. When McCain is nominated to represent the GOP you will see most of our troops back the Democrat. It's not my opinion, it's a fact.
I think most people have figured out that you can't export our values to other cultures by force. You have several fanatic factons in that part of the world who have held grudges and have had territorial disputes with each other for thousands of years. The surge is only working because residents have fled their homes to avoid the violence and destruction, so their are less people remaining to be targets. If we had leaders that kept their eye on the ball and focused on ridding Osama bin Laden instead of taking a permanent detour into Iraq, that would be more of a deterent to other's considering attacks on American soil.
What McCain's "Straight Talk Express" doesn't tell you is that our occupation in that region is about oil and money for defense contractors, and when they get the opportunity, Iran is next. If we used our resources to develop alternative sources of energy, and fuel efficient vehicles we'd be in much better shape now.
I think most people have figured out that you can't export our values to other cultures by force. You have several fanatic factons in that part of the world who have held grudges and have had territorial disputes with each other for thousands of years. The surge is only working because residents have fled their homes to avoid the violence and destruction, so their are less people remaining to be targets. If we had leaders that kept their eye on the ball and focused on ridding Osama bin Laden instead of taking a permanent detour into Iraq, that would be more of a deterent to other's considering attacks on American soil.
What McCain's "Straight Talk Express" doesn't tell you is that our occupation in that region is about oil and money for defense contractors, and when they get the opportunity, Iran is next. If we used our resources to develop alternative sources of energy, and fuel efficient vehicles we'd be in much better shape now.
Wow, imagine a world where we didn't rely on Middle Eastern oil AT ALL! Then the Middle East's problems would be more like Africa's to us. Sure, it would pull at our heart strings and maybe people would "Adopt an Iraqi Child", but we wouldn't have oil-supported leaders feeling like they needed to invade countries, brokering peace agreements, and force Christian-centered democracy on the world, all while jeopardizing our national security. Beautiful!
I'm guessing the jihadists wouldn't give two hoots about us then either. Just a theory...
That's the one aspect of McCain I don't like. Otherwise, he's probably getting my vote if Hillary gets the nomination. No more Bushes or Clintons, thanks.
DOD is back on the map. they got sent to their room for awhile
but they are back.
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That's probably why New York advocates gun control... ahem... 
