By Doug Long Rio Rancho, NM
I had to watch the YouTube video to believe U.S. Sen. John McCain actually said this. In his recent response to the Russia-Georgia conflict, McCain claimed: “In the 21st century nations don’t invade other nations.” Has he already forgotten his own support for President Bush’s invasion of Iraq, a needless invasion that cost over 4,100 of our troops their lives? Now that is a true death tax. The invasion of Iraq, which McCain still supports, has also claimed the lives of at least tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians. Are we surprised that Iraqis and the Iraq government are so fed up with our lingering occupation of their country that they want us to get out? How would we feel toward a country if they killed our loved ones as Bush and McCain have done in Iraq?
Now McCain thinks other nations will take him seriously when he tells them not to invade each other.
The invasion of Iraq was a major event. If McCain can’t even remember the most deadly Bush blunder of the 21st Century, what other things is he going to forget?
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 19, 2008. Read the original PDF.