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Post #387,636 by mmoffitt 3/17/14 9:22:38 AM Reply	Er, ... What do you think would have been the chief differences between a McCain administration and the Obama administration? Seriously, Scott, their policies are nearly identical. I cannot honestly think of a single material difference.
Post #387,637 by Another Scott 3/17/14 9:58:03 AM Reply	How many shooting wars would you like to be in? "We're all Georgians now." McCain thinks we should still be in Iraq. McCain thinks we should never leave Afghanistan. McCain thinks it's smart to impose new sanctions on Iran just when they've agreed to negotiate for the first time in years. When everyone with a brain knows that doing so would end negotiations. McCain thinks we should shoot down any North Korean test missile as soon as it leaves their airspace. McCain thinks we need to establish "safe zones" in Syria. "We're all Ukranians now." And so forth. McCain is crazy enough as it is when it comes to foreign affairs. Remember that McCain was the brainiac that thought that picking Palin was a good idea. Domestically, he would be a prisoner of the House - he picked her because he couldn't stand up to the teabaggers in any meaningful way. Remember that McCain's brilliant idea in the face of the Wall Street crash was to suspend his campaign - http://www.google.co...pP1O-dGH0vh_zPWwg And in September 2008 he thought that the Fed keeping the economy from collapsing was a bad thing - http://econospeak.bl...-policy-dont.html If you can't see the differences between McCain and Obama, then you're not really looking. IMHO. http://www.ontheissu...n.htm#War_+_Peace http://www.ontheissu...a.htm#War_+_Peace etc. HTH! Cheers, Scott.
Post #387,638 by mmoffitt 3/17/14 10:13:15 AM Reply	Heh. Um, we're still in Iraq. Two years after the United States withdrew all combat troops from Iraq, the U.S. military is helping Iraq again in the fledgling governmentÂs all-out battle against insurgents. A massive C-17 cargo plane landed in Baghdad on a recent evening to deliver ammunition Â this time, 2,400 rockets Â for Iraqi helicopters, military officials said, as Iraqis fight a resurgent al Qaeda in al Anbar Province. http://abcnews.go.co...-troops-withdraw/ And don't get too certain about Syria. ÂRight now we donÂt think that there is a military solution, per se, to the problem,Â Obama said last week at a joint press conference with his closest ally on the issue, French President Francois Hollande. ÂBut the situation is fluid, and we are continuing to explore every possible avenue to solve this problem.Â Obama also signaled that his thinking has changed on whether the bloody conflict threatens core American interests, notably the stability of key friends in the region like Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon as well as countries like Iraq. ÂItÂs not just heartbreaking to see whatÂs happening to the Syrian people, itÂs very dangerous for the region as a whole, including friends and allies and partners like Lebanon or Jordan,Â he said. I actually don't disagree with McCain's position that we (the taxpayers - the ones the Wall Street banks have done nothing but screw since their inceptions) should have let them fail.
Post #387,639 by Another Scott 3/17/14 10:31:51 AM Reply	Hmm... If you want to count military support, we're still in Germany and Japan. We're not shooting there, though. We had no choice but to bail out the banks. McCain is delusional - worrying about inflation and thinking a "strong dollar" was the solution the Fed should have pursued was insane. The issue was, there weren't sufficient conditions on the bailouts. "Lend freely at a penalty rate" is what the policy should have been. The insolvent banks should have been temporarily nationalized the way GM was. But that wasn't politically possible and that's water under the bridge. (And there have been prosecutions and more are underway - http://www.stopfraud.gov/ ) Syria is a continuing festering tragedy. But we're not shooting there - that's something that McCain wanted in 2011 (and maybe earlier) - http://latimesblogs....itary-action.html FWIW. Cheers, Scott.
Post #387,644 by mmoffitt 3/17/14 12:42:19 PM Reply	How bad did the loss of Lehman hurt? Oh wait, I remember, the price for a barrel of crude dropped $30.00. We did have a choice. For once, our government could have represented the rest of the country instead of that shitty little island between the East and Hudson rivers.
Post #387,642 by a6l6e6x 3/17/14 12:31:01 PM Reply	With McCain, you do not get a feckless foreign policy! Or, do he says. :) Alex ÂThere is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.Â -- Isaac Asimov

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