Joshua Keating looks at the history of John McCain's commentary on foreign involvements over the last quarter century and notes he hasn't always held the views he does now.
On Lebanon:
The longer we stay in Lebanon, the harder it will be for us to leave. We will be trapped by the case we make for having our troops there in the first place.
On Desert Storm:
We cannot even contemplate, in my view, trading American blood for Iraqi blood.
On Bosnia:
If we find ourselves involved in a conflict in which American casualties mount, in which there is no end in sight, in which we take sides in a foreign civil war, in which American fighting men and women have great difficulty distinguishing between friend and foe, then I suggest that American support for military involvement would rapidly evaporate.
Such sentiments really don't fit with his let's stay in Iraq for 100 or 1,000 years statements, do they?
Posted by armand at March 24, 2008 04:29 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics