Following up on my last post regarding McCain, Iraq, and his being able to frame the debate on his views with the press, I offer this short video on the nuts-and-bolts of the candidates claims... as they have actually been made. No matter his claims to the press, he has advocated a 100 year occupation of the country, something that anyone with knowledge of the Middle East should know is exactly the wrong way to go, if only on a cultural level.
Of course, others are also reporting that, just as on other issues, McCain used to have a very different take on post-war occupation. McCain is very strong in his convictions. It's just that his convictions shift quite often.
The press, with its razor-like ability to distill anything down to a sound bite, should be calling this flip-flopping. Of course, they are too busy wetting themselves over the Republican nominee to do so. Hopefully, this will change once the Democrats sack-up and pick a nominee of their own.
29 April 2008
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