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Thread: It's About Time! "McCain Admits Iraq War Was A Mistake"

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    It's About Time! "McCain Admits Iraq War Was A Mistake"

    Wonder when will he be making his apologies to Ron and Rand Paul?

    (DailyCaller - by Robert Donachie - Capitol Hill and Health Care Reporter)
    11:14 AM 05/25/2018
    Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona admitted Friday that the Iraq War was a mistake.

    “The principal reason for invading Iraq, that Saddam had WMD, was wrong,” McCain wrote in his new book. “The war, with its cost in lives and treasure and security, can’t be judged as anything other than a mistake, a very serious one, and I have to accept my share of the blame for it.”

    McCain was one of the biggest supporters of the initial surge into Iraq in 2003 and was actually one of the first Republicans to get behind it. The Arizona senator has previously stated that his support for the Iraq War rested with his experience during Vietnam, where he was captured as a prisoner of war. McCain believes America could have won.

    “I will defend the decision to destroy Saddam Hussein’s regime as I criticized the failed tactics that were employed for too long to establish the conditions that will allow us to leave that country with our country’s interests secure and our honor intact,” McCain said in a 2008 speech. “We are in Iraq and our most vital security interests are clearly involved there.”

    He continued to hold that opinion even years later...

    (more) http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/25/jo...was-a-mistake/



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    Too little too late, it won't change his destination.
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    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

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    He actually doesn't admit. He defends the 'right' to sacrifice Saddam for Raytheon's sake. $#@! him.

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    How cruel is it to force everybody to wait until this turd changes his mind?

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    This is about John getting right with God not the US.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Schifference View Post
    This is about John getting right with God not the US.
    If that was right, he'd start talking about unsealing the pow/mia files.



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    McCain must be thinking he doesn't have much time left. A little too late to admit to these things.
    "Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration is minding my own business."

    Calvin Coolidge

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    The tumor is finally making him start to make a little bit of sense.

    #JohnMcCain'sTumor2020
    “The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.” --George Orwell

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    In terms of a full spectrum candidate, Rand is leaps and bounds above Trump. I'm not disputing that.
    Who else in public life has called for a pre-emptive strike on North Korea?--Donald Trump

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    Rand congratulates McCain




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