Comments on: McCain Discusses Iraq Market Visit

Arizona Senator Speaks Exclusively With Correspondent Scott Pelley

[kansas1946]

We might remind "sdb101" that none of the "radical islamists" that caused that dust-up on September 11, 2001, were Iraqi's. They were Saudi's. So why didn't ole' blood and guts, patriot, kick their a**, cowboy, Bush, attack Saudi Arabia? Did he lose his map?? Did he just throw a dart at a globe and attack where it stuck? No, he lied, got us involved in an unwinnable situation, and then has the nerve to call people who want to get our brave soldiers out of that hell, traitors.

[crazyduck3]

yea right Mcain doent knows squat he went over and talked a store owner under very heavy guard come on lets get real he doesent have a clue how it is over thereit was cleared for them . ask the guy living down the street how it is?lets get his kind out of office guys like him have brought this country down.he is a chest beating polictician saying look at me. look at what we have done.they live high on the hog on our tax dollars with no reguard with how they spend our hard earned money.these guys seem to forget it all of us that have to pay for evrything. we surely do need a change for a start lets get some real down to earth people in there and and get a level headed leader for a change.

[tarthur727]

It would be nice if 60 Min's could bother to get their facts straight (or more to the point... not cover up the truth).

The enitre marketplace was cleared in advance and blocked front and rear for the McCain entourage. The security compliment consisted of 100 soldiers in armoured Humvee's 3 Blackhawk's and 2 Apache Gunships. (60 Min's reported 22 soldiers and 2 blackhawk's.) I fail to understand how CBS could get this wrong, since they accompanied McCain?! (Proper facts provided by NYT - April 2nd).

This was followed by a press conference where McCain compared the Sorja market to that of an "Indiana market on a spring day... and a spokesman for McCain defended the situation as the %u201Cstandard complement of security%u201D surrounding McCain on campaign stops in the US.

Sheesh... it would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.

[forthepeopl1]

like i have said iran is going ahead with its nuke, iseral will send them a message with there own attack.

[toldyouso21]

Now you know and if you permit it to continue their Blood is on your hands. WRITE THESE ELECTED IDIOTS I DID! TAKE SOME ACTION!

Posted by bluestardad at 03:45 PM : Apr 09, 2007

Why is the blood of what these people choose to do on our hands? Why do most Americans act like once we make a choice we cannot and must not change our minds?

Why does the military not have any independent thought? When will they rise up as a group or battalion or platoon and say, this war is bogus, the rationale is bogus and we refuse to follow Bush anymore? Treason? maybe --but if they all did it, then it would be a coup. This reminds me of kids that do stuff because other kids do it or a ring leader tells them to. It is like they abdicated all personal responsibility and thought.

What parent has not admonished with " If your friends tell you to jump off a cliff, would you?"

My take on our military is that if Bush told them to jump off a cliff they would step back a pace just to get a running start while screaming "Sir, yes sir!"

Let their own blood be on their own hands, they remain humans, they have choices, they placed themselves in the hands of an incompetent man and his cronies--it is not as if the last 4 years never happened--so then they live or die by the choices they make and if Bush wants to kill them all, at least most of them and most of the Republicans will cooperate --because he is god and his word is law.

[forparity]

draugwolf - wow, what a nasty tounge you have there - you're a smear monger - full of hate, is that right? This kind of foul language is unnecessary. Plus it's not true. Yes the merchants were reported as being afraid because of possible reprisals - but I do not remember a report stating that it happened. 2nd. McCain, and many other were severely mistreated and tortured in N. Korea, including being hung from the rafters by their hands which were tied behind their backs - unbearable to imagine.

Recently, Brian Williams (NBC Nightly news) surprisingly reported from Iraq, that in fact it was much different than the media had been leading him to believe, and he could'nt wait to get back to set the record straight. NY Times journalists, Burns, has been saying a lot also. McCain was not that far out of line. It still is horrible over there - time for the world to stand up and work together on this - well, it's 25 years past due.

[toldyouso21]

Somebody should tell McCain that there is something monumentally---politically suicidal about telling Americans that you do not care what the majority of them think.

[bluestardad]

Did you know that the Bush Administration has been back filling Ranger Units with Three Week trained Troops that go to a Ranger Familiarization course and then are back filled in Ranger Units to fill up the unit strength so they can deploy them! These are not Black Tab Rangers but soldiers that are Pre-Rangers just to fill a Ranger Slot and forced to go into combat without the full Black Tab Training Course! DO ANY OF YOU THINK THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO TRAIN AND COMMIT OUR TROOPS INTO BATTLE? Currently over 25 percent of Ranger companies are not filled by Fully School Trained Rangers!

Now you know and if you permit it to continue their Blood is on your hands. WRITE THESE ELECTED IDIOTS I DID! TAKE SOME ACTION!

If you think Americas sacrifice is worth it contact your ELECTED OFFICIAL and tell them http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

The House Speakers email address: [e-mail]

[e-mail] Here is the Republican Party email address too!

[e-mail] Here is the Democratic Party email address also!

[toldyouso21]

The bottom line is that the surge is working, that terror has been largely though not thoroughly suppressed in Baghdad, and it is beginning to work in the formerly Al Qaeda controlled parts of the countryside.
Superpatr898 at 02:28 PM : Apr 09, 2007

You really are a piece of work and may even be as ignorant as your posts. No one doubted troops could stop violence as long as they are there--but what we said was that we did not want to babysit a civil war and put our men and women at risk. Take any police dept. and put them in the ghetto and crime will drop significantly also--the thing is--it is BOGUS and temporary.

The surge will work when there are no more bombings and the government is autonomous and functional and the death squads are gone--right now, they are just laying low unless you plan to have AMericans live out their entire fvcking lives in Iraq--the "surge" will never work because the lull is an artificial one, created by our presence and will disintergrate as soon as we leave. Putz

[toldyouso21]

Yeah, but they hate gay s*x even more. Posted by ttinsly at 02:27 PM : Apr 09, 2007

No they don't. They just see *** like they used to see women--they want them silent and acting like regular citizens in the public, then bending over and spreading their legs for a "little GOP fun" after hours in private --but no kiss and tell after all, they can't dupe the far right if they know they are boy and men lovers as well as rapists of children and incestuous dads. THAT is how Republicans like it. And they love kids too.

www.armchairsubversive.com

[toldyouso21]

Personally - I hold those closer to me to a higher standard than others. I expect more of theem, not less. And I ask nothing less than that of the media.
Posted by forparity at 01:40 PM : Apr 09, 2007


That's not what Bush and Gonzales heard after they tapped your phone, trumped up a case against your neighbor (corrupt DOJ) who was a democrat and invited you to the homosexual water boarding, butt pyramid parties where "TurdBlossom" gets first dibs at the boy booty.

[ixoye_02]

I wish McCain were more specific about what he felt were the compelling reasons to believe that the war in Iraq was still winnable. He cited his "hunches" such as being able to walk freely and reasonably secure at the Baghdad marketplace and the alliances with US forces made with minor Sunni tribes in the Anbar region. But McCain didn't talk about the emerging civil war. I listened with an open mind but got more of the same "stay the course" BS. McCain has staked is candidacy on the war in Iraq. And the idea of "straight talk" is no longer alive for me with McCain. BTW, McCain looked ridiculous talking about the "progress" in security made in Iraq with the images of the armored vest and security forces all around him. Does he really believe that the viewers would buy this? NO and NO!!!!

[superman7137]

McCain, cannot make a point that progress is being made in Iraq because there isnt any progress for a point to be made.

[superman7137]

McCain, cannot make a point that progress is being made in Iraq because there isnt any progress for a point to be made.

[superman7137]

McCain, cannot make a point that progress is being made in Iraq because there isnt any progress for a point to be made.

[antoniof123]

I would like to state a fact we the American people paid for the Clinton witch hunt and there was only one thing found out for sure he had ***. So what I think that my how many hundered million dollars went to waste could have been spent on better things. It seems to me that the only thing the GOP wants is to stay in power they have lost their way and do not care who they destroy (Plame, and the CIA). So here is the thing if Hillary is up for President I will vote for her I miss Bill I voted for him twice and he did a great job. No War, great economy and the country was at peace. Now on the other hand we have the current administrtaion war, country at peace, people making less and big business and religion running just like the crusades. Want to keep going.

[bluestardad]

STICK A FORK IN THIS IDIOT HE IS DONE! IN FACT ANYTHING WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS OUT FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT TWELVE YEARS! MINIMUM!

[nyckate]

forparity - I guess its the degree and depth of corruptness that's in question - and there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the Bush Administration and their cronies like DeLay were adn are much more corrupt than anyone else ever in the White House -- they're raiding the US taxpayer accounts like a bunch of ******.

[zoroastor]

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[superpatr898]

Johnwilliams,

how's hitler these days, you ought to know. You voted in the Jew-baiters of the Democratic Party, not to mention the troop betrayers and ILLEGAL hirees.

Get this little toady - I really don't care for Senator McLame + Mr. Hyde a lot. He has betrayed the Arizona voter who is a citizen of this country by supporting amnesty. But he does know more about Baghdad than he does about Phoenix - or you. The bottom line is that the surge is working, that terror has been largely though not thoroughly suppressed in Baghdad, and it is beginning to work in the formerly Al Qaeda controlled parts of the countryside.

But hey, just surrender. Just give in to Sharia. Blast McLame for this, but give him and Pelosi the ILLEGAL hiree a pass on Open Borders, right.
When you guys get some brains and guts, write me back - but with a call for military victory, not surrender. But after all, that is what the Left Fascist, MoveOn.Org paid Democratic Party and its glorified 'Ho Pelosi are all about.