Comments on: McCain Better Suited To Handle Iraq

National Review Online: Dems Won't Capitalize On Public Exhaustion With “100 Years War”

[andor3]

NRO: "... capitalize on public exhaustion with the war..."

everything is politics with these NRO folks.. they only ask how they can continue their neocon folly a little longer, not what is right, or right for America.

capitalize? you mean listen to what the public is saying?

exhaustion? you mean realization that the war was and is a mistake, a disaster, and one that could have been prevented--by competent leaders.

[ubrew12]

We''re fighting nationalism, not terrorism, in Iraq, and many of the people killing our soldiers today were NO fans of Saddam Hussein before our invasion. The humiliation of being conquered has turned ordinary people into criminals in that nation, as it would in any other.

We should leave but commit money to rebuild that nation (and ONLY for rebuilding it), because WE broke it in the first place. If they want to turn their nationalism into tribalism that''s their problem.

There HAS to be a common commitment to civil behavior to make a nation work. It CAN be enforced, weakly, by an occupying power like the U.S., but that takes $$$ and a willingness to sacrifice U.S. soldiers that doesn''t exist anymore. OR, we could commit an atrocity or two, as goatheadstew suggests. Its worked for us before (the Philippines). But that kills our reputation in the service of sparing our soldiers.

Leave. Help with rebuilding projects only. Let them work it out. A working nation is in everyones interest, but it requires everyone to commit to civil behavior. It''ll end up either Sunni (Baathist again) or Shiite (Iran), either way. As Bush should have known when he invaded.

[stn_sage]

This article is little more than a veiled endorsement of McCain for president. If you want to endorse him, that''s fine. But, do it openly, you don''t have to do it clandestinely! You claim to be editors, have the courage of your convictions! Why withhold your names?

This article is a shining example of why I personally don''t take the National Review seriously! Your writers want to politically promote someone all the while your denying it and claiming to be impartial!

However, I do disagree with your premise that Mr. McCain would be the best military president. Numerous incidents suggest his judgement stinks! And, no matter who is elected, Iraq remains a quagmire that is going to bring this country down before it''s over!

[wrj001]

I totality agree that Bomb McCain, admitted war criminal, is well qualified to carry on this occupation. He proved his courage in Vietnam by dropping bombs on rough, tough women and children from a mile up in an air conditioned cockpit. Bombing all the people in Iraq and Iran, he even sings a little about the latter, will be his beefed up Foreign Policy and have great appeal to his Brownshirt following.

[javalation]

If the truce between warring factions in Iraq is now over then the Iraqi death toll will rise. If the number of American casualties also rises then politicians who want to stay the course will lose support. Surely this will have an impact on the election.

[irliberal]

There are three choices for president: Hillary, Obama, McCain.

Hillary and Obama''s platforms are nearly identical and both would end the Iraq war.

McCain quote: "Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran".

Vote for Hillary. Vote for Obama. If you want an endless Iraq war and a new Iran war (that makes a war on THREE - count them THREE fronts, folks) then, by all means, vote for McCain.

The rest of this is all hype, distraction, and partisanship. Nothing more need be said.

[javalation]

If the truce between warring factions in Iraq is now over then the Iraqi death toll will rise. If the number of American casualties also rises then politicians who want to stay the course will lose support. Surely this will have an impact on the election.

[javalation]

If the truce between warring factions in Iraq is now over then the Iraqi death toll will rise. If the number of American casualties also rises then politicians who want to stay the course will lose support. Surely this will have an impact on the election.

[javalation]

If the truce between warring factions in Iraq is now over then the Iraqi death toll will rise. If the number of American casualties also rises then politicians who want to stay the course will lose support. Surely this will have an impact on the election.

[javalation]

If the truce between warring factions in Iraq is now over then the Iraqi death toll will rise. If the number of American casualties also rises then politicians who want to stay the course will lose support. Surely this will have an impact on the election.