McCain "Make it 100 [Years in Iraq]"

[d'Anconia]

What a complete nut. Please pass this on to anyone you know who lives in New Hampshire.

Video

[KingJustin]

It really pains me to see him say this. I like when he talks about spending, but he will effectively keep taxes higher than all the Dems besides Clinton.

[Jordanbcool]

Did he really say this? I'm a strong republican but this "war" isn't doing too well last time i checked..

[bjohnso]

Keep digging John. You've almost reached China.

[Rock]

Jordanbcool that does not make sense, a republican doesnt care about the world only about USA and less goverment. The original rebublicans wanted nothing to do with world policing or the outside world, only the world marked.

[smokinHawk]

Did he really say this? I'm a strong republican but this "war" isn't doing too well last time i checked..

um it is doing ok last time i heard

[KingJustin]

We are (finally) becoming effective at policing the state, now. But that really doesn't mean a whole lot. They are not making any progress on being independent of us. The political system in their country is not working (or making progress) and they still hate each other just as much as they always have. So, right now we can continue spending unbelievably high amounts of money, and keep our soldiers overseas and in harm's way, but we aren't actually making real progress.

[Stumprrp]

what an idiot my god, yeah its fine, just keep letting our soldiers get killed daily for 100 years. i cant take it.

[Paul Stagg]

Multigenerational occupation of Iraq was always the plan.

[Brawl]

Multigenerational occupation of Iraq was always the plan.

good for John saying the truth ...yes we will be there for a long damn time ...

Not in the capacity we are now at war , but a lesser one .

Anyone that thinks we just pull out now is a complete bonestroke .

[SW]

Did he really say this? I'm a strong republican but this "war" isn't doing too well last time i checked..

NO! He said, " Maybe 100" as in who knows when the heck we'll be outta there the way things are going. Come on now, listen to the video, guys.

[d'Anconia]

um it is doing ok last time i heard

I'd be careful with the recent statistics. 2007 was still the deadliest year and it'd be bad for our country to have false hope over our occupation. Decline in deaths is still plenty of steps away from maintaining a stable free and democratic government in Iraq. Once the surge really starts to wind down should be interesting.

I still don't recall anyone ever installing a government in a foreign nation and having it last for a long time. Correct me if I'm wrong...

[CrazyK]

The only progress that's happened in Iraq is progress towards the USA running a police state on them. They are no where near having a stable government of their own.

[nejar462]

Well the dollar is collapsing in value and hatred of the US is growing exponentially in the middle east.

So we accomplished something, just nothing positive. I think people will wake up when they need to stay in long lines with a wheel barrel full of cash to buy a loaf of bread.

[Jordanbcool]

Jordanbcool that does not make sense, a republican doesnt care about the world only about USA and less goverment. The original rebublicans wanted nothing to do with world policing or the outside world, only the world marked.

You're overgeneralizing an entire party dude.

But I def. think we need to dip out of the whole Iraq thing. We have too many problems in America to try and fix someone else's country.

[shootermcgavin7]

They are not making any progress on being independent of us. The political system in their country is not working (or making progress) and they still hate each other just as much as they always have.

Maybe we're making a play to leave the place like the British did in the early 1900s.

[nhlfan]

I still don't recall anyone ever installing a government in a foreign nation and having it last for a long time. Correct me if I'm wrong...

Canada worked out pretty well

[Rock]

Jordanbecool, Ron Paul is a republican following the republican guidelines. Bush is a neocon, they are like 2 extreme opposites.

[rdkraus]

Jordanbecool, Ron Paul is a republican following the republican guidelines. Bush is a neocon, they are like 2 extreme opposites.

Rock

You're a little behind the curve here. Ron Paul Republicans have been almost non-existent for years and certainly don't run the party now. Try to keep up, my man (extra credit for living out of country LOL).



God, I wish Republicans were all like Ron !!!

[mickyjune26]

What's the big deal about what he's saying? We have forces in hundreds of countries. It doesn't mean they are fighting forces. All he's saying is that there will be US forces in Iraq (1) on a much smaller scale, (2) who won't be in active combat in Iraq (3) for a long time.

There's nothing different between how we have operated in any other country we fought (except Vietnam?).

Of course, they better change something soon to be able to promise that no one will be hurt. That's the real kicker.

[TJ2389]

McCain wins in NH...

[KingJustin]

What's the big deal about what he's saying? We have forces in hundreds of countries. It doesn't mean they are fighting forces. All he's saying is that there will be US forces in Iraq (1) on a much smaller scale, (2) who won't be in active combat in Iraq (3) for a long time.

There's nothing different between how we have operated in any other country we fought (except Vietnam?).

Of course, they better change something soon to be able to promise that no one will be hurt. That's the real kicker.

Look how big our military budget is. A lot of it has to do with our troops being stationed overseas.

[shootermcgavin7]

Look how big our military budget is.

There is an argument that a lot of the money pissed away in the defense budget makes up for poor incentives by private companies to invest in R&D.

In other words, it is a larger, more inefficient version of the already inefficient NSF.

But it still leads to tech breakthroughs.



For example, without wasteful military spending, one could at least make the argument that microwaves and the internet would not exist.


I'm doing my best to say on topic, I'm just pointing out that a large military budget can have positive unexpected consequences.

I also have made no secret over the past 5 years that I voted for McCain in 2000.

[Blanche_Soprano]

Jordanbecool, Ron Paul is a republican following the republican guidelines. Bush is a neocon, they are like 2 extreme opposites.

Rock

You're a little behind the curve here. Ron Paul Republicans have been almost non-existent for years and certainly don't run the party now. Try to keep up, my man (extra credit for living out of country LOL).



God, I wish Republicans were all like Ron !!!

Ron Paul is a Libertarian. He only runs on the Republican ticket because it gives him a better chance of getting anywhere. So by using him as an example of a Republican, you are losing site of who the American Republicans are.

[North]

I wish there was a reasonable way around parties. Or maybe even if they weren't currupt.