The McCain Doctrines

New York Times by Matt Bai | May. 18, 2008 (News Report)
Whatever their disagreements on policy, United States senators, even in today's hyperpolitical climate, are reluctant to impugn one another's motives or integrity.

There is a feeling among some of McCain's fellow veterans [in the Senate] that his break with them on Iraq can be traced, at least partly, to his markedly different experience in Vietnam.... McCain did not share the disillusioning and morally jarring experiences... that some wars simply can't be won on the battlefield, no matter how long you fight them, no matter how many soldiers you send there to die. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
2.8
 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The journalism is embellished with comments that suggest support for military solutions as a primary determinant of qualification for president. Several comments garatuitiously dismissive of Democratic party views are included. There is implied subscription to the myth that Viet Nam could have resulted in "victory" for the United States with different tactics, despite the facts to the contrary, and the implicit immorality of that war. The article implies that the purpose of a war is victory, as though it were a blood sport. The article seems to implant some concept of reasonableness to the erratic positions of McCain that have seemed to depend upon the political winds he sensed with his own weather cock.

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