Why is John McCain the only candidate that has a written plan to win and end the war in Iraq?

Question

Here it is for the world to see.

At least we would know what to expect from him unlike all the other candidates.
http://www.johnmccain.com/

Mark P----You obviously haven't done your research and simply are closed minded and wish to see a Democratic president.
What are you afraid of read the website.

ANGRYSAND---you are just that"angry". I am not spamming I direct all my answers to the question at hand and present a viable alternative. Don't be mad- be glad that we have a person bold enough to let you see his true agenda beforehand.

WRITERS---If you'd actually take the time to check the website it would answer your question.

Cyclopse---his agenda is there for the world to see unlike all other candidates the plan is to win and to let your enemy know this only puts them in fear of you. I'll bet Al-Qaeda is voting Democrat

Plankshee--- those on the religous right say Yes but he is to close to the liberal left.

a nice balance don't you think?

Namesaev---Right On

Blastabue----JOHN MCCAIN SPENT 5 YEARS ON THE GROUND. wITH FOUR BROKEN LIMBS AND MULTIPLE BAYONNETTE WOUNDS WITH NO MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THE "HANOI HILTON".
He was offered up to the Americans as a propaganda prize because his father was an Admiral in the U.S. Navy.

McCain refused the offer to go home even after being beaten to accept this offer. he cited international law which states,"Prisoners of war will be returned in the order they were captured.".

MARK P Extremist Iran have been the largest supporters of terrorist for years. This does not come from the McCain web site. In fact if not for Iran Hezbollah would be incapable of even being a blip on the radar screen. Get your rhetoric straight and if you vote libertarian which I agree with then you will simply be casting your vote for Hillary.

If we lose Iraq to extremist we will see terror cells propped up throughout the world beyond Osama Bin Ladens wildest dreams.

Answer 1

Randy ... This is not an objective answer, but this is what I'm going with.

McCain was taught AND knows that if you have a mission, you go for it and you stick with it. Many — perhaps most — of the other politicians ARE politicians, meaning that they don't vote with their heart and their mind ... They just put their wet finger into the wind and they say and do whatever will help them to get re-elected.

This "finger-in-the-wind" technique is not leading and it's not following, either. It's just plain dopey!

I do not deny that there comes a time when you need to withdraw your force. If anything that McCain has said can be perceived as a withdrawal, it's for the purpose of regrouping and taking the battle in a different direction. Anything else is plain old cutting and running.

The "Libs," just like everyone else, voted for our involvement in Iraq. If any of them was so darn smart, why didn't they use their crystal ball to determine whether the intelligence was flawed or not? Even though there indeed are other good reasons for our involvement in Iraq, the politically expedient thing to do is run. But McCain isn't like that, thank goodness.

This answer is not a blanket endorsement of Senator McCain, but any tactic is better than cutting and running.

As we who have served all learned, you need to lead, follow, or get out of the damned way!

Great question, Randy! Thanks.

Answer 2

Simply because the rest are politicians who don't understand the threat that faces this nation. They believe that all problems can be resolved in the halls of congress by people like themselves, people who believe that all injustices and all attempts of harm to this country can be resolved in a court of law.

Just stop and realize how dangerous and naive this new congress is, with the likes of a geriatric old housefrau leading the charge, and the rest of the lemmings like John Murtha, Harry Reid, Charlie Schumer, and their ilk, following this old broad like a bunch of obedient school boys.

I'll take a John McCain anytime over this disgusting tribe of wannabes, simply because he knows who the enemy is and he knows this country cannot turn its back on the realities of war, or the dangers from within!

Answer 3

Obama is so grandiose. He desires to pass down in historic previous by making use of actuality the president who ended the iraq conflict. His understanding of the conflict could be written on a pin head. he's extra pondering his own photograph than the soliders or the iraqi people.

Answer 4

I agree with the first answerer.. It's really just the same as what we've been doing except more of a troop surge.. I don't think by staying there we're making the situation better. The only thing I can think of is what the pres is currently doing, a troop surge followed by withdrawal. The Iraqi's need to get moving on this quickly and the U.S. needs to pull out and hand over control..

Answer 5

Get real. McCain's "plan" is simply Bush's plan. It is to stay the course, to continue the policies which are proven to fail.

It is to continue to play "whack a mole" regionally in Iraq. Remember Fallujah? Remember when we went back? Baghdad is the same thing. Insurgents and terrorists are laying low, and will return at the first opportunity. Remember - the greatest security threat to U.S. forces in Iraq are Sunni insurgents - Sunni provinces are where we've incurred most of our casualties. The biggest supporter of the Sunni insurgency is Saudi Arabia, but you won't see Bush, McCain, or anybody else in Washington D.C. talking about doing anything about the Saudis. This is no better than our Afghanistan policy, where Bush has ignored since day one Musharraf's open support of the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Predictably, Al Qaeda and the Taliban retrenched in Pakistan, are secure there, and have waged a steady, methodical comeback in Afghanistan. This is the future in Iraq on our present course.

McCain opposes key recommendations of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group - the main ones being to deemphasize the military role of the U.S, shift more into training, slow decommit forces, and ramp up diplomatic (diplomacy is not just "pressure" as McCain puts it) efforts in the region. There is broad, bipartisan and popular support for the Iraq Study Group. The only people who oppose it are Bush and his lackeys, including John McCain. They are an obstacle to peace and stability in the Middle East.

Sorry, John McCain used to have a spine. Now he's just a Bush brown-noser.

I know all about John McCain. I even supported him in 2000, before he was cowered into becoming part of the radical right-wing GOP establishment. I even used to be a Republican before giving up on it as a hopelessly liberal organization. I switched to the Libertarian party, the only one left in the U.S. which really stands for limited government, fiscal responsibility, states' rights, individual liberty, and separation of church and state.

If you want to take an aggressive stance in the war on terror, Iraqi is not your battle ground. The biggest national supporters of Al Qaeda and terrorists who oppose the United States have been and continue to be Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Pakistan. Have it out with them, not with bit players like Iraq and Iran.

It is you who needs to be more open minded. You need to be gathering information from places other than John McCain's political website.

Answer 6

UNLike so many politicians McCain doesn't just criticise what is going on UNLESS he actually has an alternative plan.

Now look for the oppostion (especially Democrats) to tell you everything that may be wrong with what McCain's plan. When this happens notice just how little they offer in the way of alternatives.

Like his positions or not, one thing is certain, John doesn't look at the windsock to determine where he stands.

Answer 7

McCain was a pilot and never saw the realities of war. If he had been on the ground he would have a different view. What does a pilot know about wining wars. Wars are won by men on the ground.

Answer 8

So all the plans attempted to be submitted by democrats, 52 in all efforts that have been shot down by republicans never exited?

A better question is why dont republicans ever want to attach specific benchmark punishments should IRAQ not meet them.
That means IRAQ gets away with whatever they want, and it means more of our troops die, while we gamble on IRAQ's government wanting to take care of its own countries problems.
IRAQ has been given many chances, yet dont meet their ends -- have not to date met their commitments.
Whens enough?

Answer 9

For all to see makes a lot of sense good thing the enemy
in previous wars didn't have all our plans

Answer 10

Yes, but he is too close to the Religious Right.