MCCAIN'S 'LATCH-KEY' WAR FINISHED BY 2010
By Schuyler ThorpeAuthor and Political ActivistFor weeks now, John McCain’s desperation was only beginning to set in–soon after Barrack Obama returned from his successful tour of the Middle East and Europe.
But ever since the Iraqi government wanted the US to start withdrawing our troops from that battlefield, John McCain’s desperation only increased ten-fold.
From his negative attack ads portraying him as a ‘celebrity candidate’ rather than a
real Presidential candidate–to his false troops ad which openly accused him of ‘shortchanging our wounded troops’–John’s perfect little ‘hero’ world has begun to fall apart at the seams.
Since the surge has worked to some degree, it’s only perfectly
logical that we withdraw our forces and focus them elsewhere–like Afghanistan for example. (But that’s only
if either candidate has a clue as to what is
really going on over there. This other war is totally different from Iraq.)
But why is John McCain accusing Obama of wanting to ‘legislate’
failure from the bench–when we are clearly
winning in Iraq?
Simply put, McCain is still trying to paint Obama as an inexperienced candidate whom can’t make the right decisions as President.
Unfortunately, what John McCain fails to grasp is that his unwavering support of an unpopular war has led the majority of Americans to say that this conflict was a
mistake–similarly echoing American opinion from another failed conflict only a generation ago. (Vietnam.)
Secondly, since we are
winning the war in Iraq, why not leave? The one question that John McCain has thus far failed to answer is this one:
Why do you feel the need to overextend our stay in a country that clearly wants us out
?
Is it because John wants one last ’gasp’ of a Cold War victory over an enemy that he can neither see nor properly identity in Iraq? Is it because he wants to put the ghosts of a painful past–finally to rest? (By sticking us in place inside a war that is now largely over?)
Or is it because John McCain himself doesn’t want to embrace the very victory that he originally set out to have?
A latch-key victory with strings still attached?
Whether or not he wants to accept it, John McCain must face the reality of the new Iraq. That when October 2010 finally rolls around–we are
gone largely from a country we illegally occupied for the last 7 years.
Victory or not, our job is
done.
It’s time to focus our troops onto something else.
Schuyler Thorpe is an author, a political activist, and a frequent letter writer to The Everett Herald of Snohomish County. He can be reached at: starchildalpha1 at yahoo.comLabels: 2010, Barrack Obama, Iraq war, John McCain, negative attack ads, troop surge, troops, Vietnam, withdrawal
OBAMA TAKES THE JOHN MCCAIN CHALLENGE AND WINS BIG
By Schuyler ThorpeAuthor and Political ActivistI feel sorry for John McCain:
The current lame-duck candidate for the GOP.No one asked him to challenge Obama a few months ago to take a trip to the Middle East–
let alone expect Obama to call John’s bluff.But he did both and now McCain is grinding his government-paid dentures in agitation and frustration over just how
popular Obama was seen over in Berlin this past week.
While John had perhaps a dozen voters join him in a German restaurant in Ohio for a quick photo-op, Barrack Obama had over 200,000
people attend his speech over at the Wall in Berlin, Germany; speaking to a crowd of people whom represented the hopes and dreams of better US-European relations. (Which have soured considerably under the Bush presidency.)
And what does John McCain have waiting for Barrack Obama when he comes back? Nothing but
bitter acrimony and divisive comments about the
same trip he once challenged Obama on the matter of foreign policy.
Why?
Because John McCain was expecting Obama to fall on his face when he went.
He was expecting Obama to eat crow over the recent success of the surge and come back feeling humiliated and subdued; while getting an invigorating boost
in his lackluster polls and standing with most American voters.
That didn’t happen.
What
did happen was the exact
opposite!
Malaki actually
endorsed Obama’s 16-month troop withdrawal plan; rather than give McCain more hate-filled political rhetoric for his GOP campaign!
That in
itself boosted Obama’s foreign policy credentials, while his trip to Berlin shored up his stance as an able-bodied
Commander-in-Chief.
Someone whom could
talk at the same level of everyone else–instead of treating our allies like chumps and every event in the Middle East as some kind of video game that we can
win simply by force and numbers alone.
Neither Bush nor McCain have proven themselves as capable leaders in either field. They still harbor the same Cold War malaise of the past 40 years; with one looking for a pariah-ic victory in Iraq, and the other still fighting the ghosts of Vietnam.
Obama on the other hand? He spoke from the
heart and spoke of everything which has not only kept this country divided for the last 8 years, but of things which most Europeans have long since abandoned since the Cold War ended:
Walls.You won’t hear this kind of talk from John “Lame Duck”-McCain. On his mind, anyone who isn’t with him is a ‘defeatist’ and only looking for America to “surrender” to the same
invisible enemies that he still hasn‘t been able to identify to this very day.
But in the long run, McCain has already surrendered his chances of obtaining the White House Presidency.
While Obama on the other hand–? Has won big by taking the very
risks that McCain simply refuses to candidly embrace as a whole.
Only because he’s plain afraid to.John McCain just simply doesn’t have the courage necessary to face today’s changing world–while embattled with his own fears of the past.
Obama does. And that makes him a more worthwhile candidate for President.Schuyler Thorpe is an author, a political activist, and a frequent letter writer to The Everett Herald of Snohomish County. He can be reached at: starchildalpha1 at yahoo.comLabels: Barrack Obama, Berlin, John McCain, lame duck, risks, speech, trip
