Thomas Riggins
When you have lied to the American people so many times about the War in Iraq it becomes second nature to you. John McCain can no longer tell the truth from the propaganda he spouts about the war. The man wants to be president but doesn't know the difference between Shia and Sunni in the Islamic world, or which side is which in Iraq.
Today's New York Times reports that while In Jordan on Tuesday McCain accused Iran of training Al Qaeda and then sending them into Iran. McCain said "they are taking Al Qaeda into Iran, training them and sending them back."
Not even the Bush administration makes the claim that Shia Iran is training the Sunni Al Qaeda group. "Well," McCain said, "its common knowledge and has been reported in the media that Al Qaeda is going back into Iran and receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran. That's well known. And it's unfortunate."
It's unfortunate for McCain that he says this because it shows how deep his ignorance is about the war. Not that his supporters care about such things. Luckily for him Senator Lieberman was with him and whispered into his ear just how off he was. Oops. He then corrected himself.
But where was Lieberman when McCain called into a talk show from Jordan, "The Hugh Hewitt Show"? He said the same thing over the air. Once is an accident. Twice is a fool or someone out to mislead his audience.
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Perhaps McCain is thinking too much about the war he will almost certainly wage on an all-of-a-sudden independent and increasingly socialist (well, not exactly socialist, but a hybrid capitalist-socialist that beats neoliberal, "free market" hyper-capitalism) Latin America. And sadly, there are no jihadis to protect Latin America from McCain. No jihadis, but the people of Latin America (especially the indigenous) are taking steps to empower themselves. I only hope they and their governments can do enough to deter another round of American interventionism.
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