What is McCain Hiding?

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-08-2003
What is McCain Hiding?
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Thu, 10-09-2008 - 12:52am

 Rose

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-08-2008
Thu, 10-09-2008 - 1:50am

((John McCain in 2000 said because of tactical decisions U.S. troops were put in the position of killing civilians in Kosovo -- something awfully similar to the comments he's now attacking Barack Obama for.

During a Republican primary debate in 2000 McCain called the Clinton strategy in Kosovo "obscene" because it forced troops into using tactics that meant civilians were going to get killed.

"In the most obscene chapter in recent American history is the conduct of the Kosovo conflict when the president of the United States refused to prepare for ground operations, refused to have air power used effectively because he wanted them flying -- he had them flying at 15,000 feet where they killed innocent civilians because they were dropping bombs from such -- in high altitude."))

McCain has selective memory or memory loss or a case of hypocrisy. Probably a mixture of all three, lol, but either way, McCain's lack of discretion dealing with such sensitive matters reminds me why he should not be commanding our military. McCain needs way too much supervision and correction, and he doesn't learn fast enough to take over the WH. Bush43 has shown us 8 years of incompetency already. McCain's campaign has been 20 months of incompetency...there is a pattern here.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 10-09-2008 - 3:04am
Although I have to say that in this case he was absolutely right, even if it were indiscreet for him to say it.
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-08-2003
Thu, 10-09-2008 - 12:25pm
Exactly. McCain supporter's ignore or excuse his actions. Anything goes, but for Obama, nothing goes!

 Rose

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-08-2003
Thu, 10-09-2008 - 7:15pm

This includes McCain's campaign director, Carl H. Linder of Ohio. Mr. Linder also just had a fund-raiser for McCain, in which he donated $20,000.

 Rose