John McCain: 'I'm gonna test them'

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Registered: 03-25-2007
John McCain: 'I'm gonna test them'
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Sat, 10-25-2008 - 3:38pm

If McCain is elected, will he intentionally start a war?

Sopal

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iVillage Member
Registered: 10-18-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 6:14pm
I interpreted Biden's the-President-will-be-tested speech to mean that whomever wins the
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-12-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 6:14pm
I love this.

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-12-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 6:16pm
I don't want anyone that is going to be tested that doesn't have the experience to deal with it.

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-12-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 6:17pm
Very old?

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-08-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 6:27pm

The more discerning

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-25-2007
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 6:28pm

<McCain can't even get his campaign to move in a straight line.>


So true.

Sopal

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 6:34pm

I recommend a read of the following article: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200810/mccain

After reading the hard copy version, DH said he wondered if McCain, due to his imprisonment, actually knew at an emotional and visceral level, what sort of effect the Vietnam war had on the population of the U.S. His hypothesis is that McCain didn't really "get" the extremely divisive nature of sending hundreds of thousands of young men to a conflict in a country far from the shores of the U.S. And here's another point to ponder: the domino theory didn't hold. Vietnam's choice to embrace communism did NOT result in other neighboring countries making that same decision. Flawed logic then about ideology, flawed logic in the Middle East now.

Moreover, it bears repeating to McCain backers--if your candidate is a rash war hawk, who do you think will fight in whatever conflicts he sets up as "tests"? The draft will almost certainly have to be reinstituted since the all-volunteer armed forces are strained by over five years of impasse in Iraq. National Guard units have neither training nor equipment to justify their overseas deployments for prolonged periods. In other words, McCain backers might find themselves in the unenviable (for them) position of having to back ideology with personal sacrifice.

Gettingahandle


Ignorance is Nature's most abundant fuel for decision making.


Facts stifle the will, hobble conviction.

Gettingahandle

Ignorance is Nature's most abundant fuel for decision making.

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-26-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 6:36pm
Great to see you back!!!
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-08-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 6:37pm
Sensible post as always.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-30-2007
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 6:43pm
The only fear I have is that the voting machines will be fixed and McCain will win.

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