John McCain Voice of Experience

In his race of desperation for the Whitehouse as the sole remaining candidate for the Republican nomination Senator John McCain has often raised his voice in boring speeches (my friend, my friend, my friend ) and made much of his years of experience with foreign affairs and with government in Washington.

As Barack Obama zeroed in on the Democratic nomination for the Presidency McCain stepped up his attacks against the youthful Senator Obama stating that Barack Obama lacks proper experience for the tough demanding job of United States President.

Here are some direct quotes made by McCain over the past few years which should give you some idea as to how well McCain has benefited from his vast level of experience. His comments also expose the power of his reasoning and the quality of his information processing ability to make sound decisions that he would bring to the job on day one should he be elected President.

These are a few of Senator McCain’s responses to some of the key questions posed to him by reporters covering the “straight talk express” about the war in Iraq.

How would American troops be greeted?: “I believe… that the Iraqi people will greet us as liberators.” (March 20, 2003)

Did Saddam Hussein have a nuclear program that posed an imminent threat to the United States?: “Saddam Hussein is on a crash course to construct a nuclear weapon.” (October 10, 2002)

Will a war with Iraq be long or short?: “This conflict is… going to be relatively short.” (March 23, 2003)

How is the war going?: “I would argue that the next three to six months will be critical.” (September 10, 2003)

How is it going (almost two months later, from the war’s “greatest critic”)? “I think the initial phases of [the war] were so spectacularly successful that it took us all by surprise.” (October 31, 2003)

Is this war really necessary?: “Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war.” (August 30, 2004)

How is it going? (Recurring question for the war’s “greatest critic”): “We will probably see significant progress in the next six months to a year.” (December 4, 2005)

Will the President’s “surge” of troops into Baghdad and surrounding areas that the senator had been calling for finally make the difference?: “We can know fairly well [whether the surge is working] in a few months.” (February 4, 2007)

Blah, blah, blah, and so forth. If this is what experience in foreign affairs would bring to the oval office let’s elect a man or women as President who has more judgement than experience. After all a person who learns nothing from his experiences is in the end only a fool. And highly experienced fools we have a plenty in Washington, D.C.

Note: The idea for this post came from an article posted at TomDispatch. I highly recommend this website. It is always an interesting good read on important issues and not a repeat of the propaganda releases that are passed off as news by the mainstream media.

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