This is the candidate who says “I know how to win wars,†and “I know how to catch Bin Laden.â€
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This week, John McCain’s positions on critical foreign policy issues such as Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan have all been undermined by the assessments of our intelligence community, members of the military leadership and his own respected foreign policy advisers.
In a rejection of McCain’s statements that “victory” in Iraq is near, reports indicate that a new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) has found that security gains are precarious, and long-standing political and ethnic grievances could cause the country to erupt in violence.
Moreover, in a speech this week, General David Petraeus contradicted McCain’s positions on using our Iraq strategy in Afghanistan and on negotiating with our enemies.
Even more damaging to McCain were troubling reports that a second NIE — this one on Afghanistan — will indicate a “downward spiral,” further indicting McCain’s previous neglect of the issue and his past remarks that it would be enough to “muddle through.”
Finally, in a damaging critique of the Senator’s bellicosity toward Russia, former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and George Schultz cautioned that U.S. interests demanded a strong effort to ease tensions with a resurgent Russia.
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From his premature declarations of Victory in Iraq, to his plan to use the Iraq strategy in Afghanistan, to his refusal to engage with enemies, to his reckless, adversarial approach for dealing with Russia, this week found John McCain on the wrong side of every issue.
And that’s only on Foreign Affairs and Military matters — supposedly McCain’s “strong suit.”
He fares no better on Energy, on Taxes, on the Economy.
Makes you wonder how this clown has managed to stay in Congress for 26 years.
I guess it took the spotlight of a presidential campaign to finally expose him as a total fraud.