John McCain may not care if we stay in Iraq for a hundred years, but with over 4,000 American lives lost and many thousands wounded, countless thousands of Iraqis dead or displaced, the destruction of a country, a total cost to the United States in the trillions of dollars and the loss of our moral authority, the rest of us want out. McCain and Joe 'Zell' Lieberman are part of a shrinking minority in the Senate who don't want this war to end, with decent Republicans like Chuck Hagel supporting the Dem position that Kerry-Feingold proposed nearly two years ago and that Sen. Kerry has been talking about for much longer. At a time when 81% of Americans think this country is headed down the wrong path, it's incredible that McCain, who has embraced Bush's economic and foreign policies, has any support at all.
I suppose we'll focus on McSame's irrational policies as soon as we have a nominee. The media, except for Keith Olbermann and Dan Abrams have pretty much given him a pass, but I don't see how that can last. McCain really is Bush, only older. In some respects he's worse, if you can imagine. And no one wants that.
Anyway, back to Iraq. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a series of hearings last week, and on Wednesday they addressed both the military and political prospects of our continued presence. I think 'get out' was a common theme.
As Senator Kerry reminds us in this exchange with three retired generals, we are now in our fifth war in Iraq. I wonder how many John McCain wants?
