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The debate came as Gadhafi launched airstrikes Thursday against two rebel-held towns. Gates, the highest ranking Republican in the Obama administration, is well respected on Capitol Hill, but McCain also has credibility as a onetime Navy pilot whose plane was shot down over Hanoi during the Vietnam war.Never saw a war he didn't like?!?!?! He was a P.O.W.-he knows EXACTLY the costs of war, as well as NOT fighting one. I voted for Obama, but voted McCain as Senator in AZ, but he is NO WAR MONGER-he is a patriot. You guys should maybe consider what us establishing a no fly zone does, and how many thousands it will save. Ghaddafi is bombing his own people on a daily basis. The entire region wants democracy and our intervention would change the face of America in the Middle East. Not an invader forcing an abstract ideology on them...instead assisting them in creating their own form of democracy (every Western country has a different form). I hope you guys realize too, being typically egocentric, that $5/gallon gas will soon be a luxury as the conflict continues, Oil refineries and ports are bombed by their own leaders, and after they are ousted, we aren't friends with the new DEMOCRATIC regime. Think a little further guys
March 04 2011 at 1:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhy does McCain think every problem can be solved by killing something?
Libya is not our client state. There's several trillion in military equipment over there. Let them ask their neighbors.
McCain should shut up. This is Obama's show and he should take the credit or blame for the results. If things go wrong the first thing Obama apologists would say is that it was Mc Cain's idea. Don't know why McCain is working so hard to get Obama re-elected.
March 03 2011 at 6:10 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down ReplyI do not believe the actions/words of John McCain have anything to do with elections, unless it is campaign time. A greater patriot cannot be found. If John had to choose between doing the right thing with the consequences being that Obama was re-elected, or doing the wrong thing because it would bring Obama defeat, he would choose the former every time. He knows when to campaign, and when to do the job he is paid to do, one more attribute missing in our current President.
March 03 2011 at 7:12 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Replyfworfe
If Senator McCain is making another run for presidential nomination, it might be understandable that he'd stick his neck out for an advantage. But at this point, gratuitous point-stretching seems a bit off-the-cuff even for him. Meaning that, like former President Carter, in recent years he lands in the outer fringes of common sense. Let's let Defense Secretary Robert Gates handle this one. Not because he's a Republican hold-over, but because he makes a whole lot of sense in a crisis, and he knows how to prevent one.
mccain loves war maybe he should talk to bush and see how its done
March 03 2011 at 4:18 PM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down ReplyJohn McCain never saw a war he didn't like. If it were up to him we would have intervened in Georgia's dispute with Russia. He would have us bomb Iran. He would stay in Iraq for 100 years if needed.
March 03 2011 at 3:38 PM Report abuse Permalink +5 rate up rate down ReplyJust how many wars or 'combat' zones does McCain want the American troops in? The US is NOT the police of the world. We can't afford more combat spending and American lives on 'thoughts' from these neo-cons.
With soldiers going to Afghanistan for there 3rd tour is he crazy?
OMG! Imagine if Grandpa McCain and Palin were in the White House. We'd be at war in another God-forsaken land. If McCain's opinions (opposed by top military leaders) were to be put into effect, the entire region could explode, and probably Sarah Palin could see it from her back door. You would think that a man who was a prisoner of war would not want to jump into such an action. Let's let the UN or NATO coordinate any response.
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