alt.politics.republicans

In article
<18d111fa-f9fb-434e-99fb-8f8dea377cd5@>,
Mbruno wrote:

> On Feb 22, 2:47 pm, "Tani Jantsang ©" wrote:
> > "Bill Mulcahy" wrote in message
> >
> > news:47be2994$0$6961$4c368faf@...
> >
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> >
> > All 3 are the same on immigration.  McCain, however, is for a 100 year war.
> > He's insane.
>
>
> To be fair, McCain's "100-year" comment is being quoted and
> interpreted out of context. What McCain meant was that, in his
> opinion, America's national security would require some form of
> permanent military presence in Iraq, even after the country is
> stabilized (not unlike the permanent US troops that have been
> stationed for example in Germany and Japan for the past 60 years).
> That is very different from advocating a "100-year war".
>
> I'm not saying I necessarily agree with McCain on this issue, but I
> don't think it is fair to outright disqualify his position as
> "insane".

How about stupid, then? Nobody with three synapses functioning thinks
the Iraqis are going to let us stay after they've got their government
working again -- without another war.