Is John McCain uneducated?

Question

Or is he just stupid? The other night John McCain inferred that America's isolationist policies in the 30s allowed Hitler to gain power. Are your gramma & grampa really responsible for the holocaust, or did he make that up? What are your thoughts?

Great answer Coats. You're right. It seemed to me like an attempt to discredit Ron Paul. I have to admit, John McCain's the reason I'm now looking at Ron Paul. I thought he was a kook from what I heard on Fox, but he's the only fiscal conservative in the field. Also, he's the only debater armed with facts rather than popular opinions. It's intriguing to think that there's a politician in this world who isn't a media whore.

Hey Glenn, I disagree. I'm not so big on WWII history, but let's look at it again. What was America supposed to do to stop Hitler from gaining power? Invade? Should we invade Belarus now? They have a dicatator who craves power? Is it our responsibility? Maybe he'll build a war machine, maybe he won't? Do you want to pay to stop him on the suspicion that he's going to pull a Hitler?


Brandon, I'm from Arizona. I remember Charles Keating and the Keating 5. McCain was one of the Keating 5. He should be in prison, not in the White House

Answer 1

Don't take what he said out of context, it makes you look ignorant. He's absolutely right, by the way.

Answer 2

McCain's read on history is unsupportable. Hitler gained power because of France's unreasonable demands for revenge. Hitler used the humiliation of Germany by France as leverage to gain political power.

The United States was powerless to help Europe in the 1930s anyway.

However McCain does have a point to accurately tag Ron Paul as an isolationist, and made a clumsy attempt to show that isolationism is a very dangerous policy.

In that sense McCain was correct.

Pauls' foreign policy positions would be utterly disastrous for America.

In fact ANY of Ron Paul's positions would be disastrous.

Answer 3

John McCain stepped over the line with that comment and showed himself to be a gung-ho ignoramus just like his predecessor, George W. Bush. America did not lead to Hitler's rise in power. Economic depression, unfair punishments against Germany by other European nations, and the failure of European diplomacy did.
More than anything though, I think McCain's biggest mistake was in confusing Paul as an isolationist when, in fact, he is a non-interventionist. Big difference. As a non-interventionist, Ron Paul wants an open trade market with other nations, international cooperation and peace, open diplomacy, and he doesn't want to use the US military as a means of encroaching upon other country's sovereignty, unless it is a dire and provoked crisis like when Japan bombed us.

Answer 4

Being that John McCain is the son of a Navy admiral, maybe his father had an influence in the idea that maybe we could have done something to help.
If I knew someone personally of his fathers status and age, it would be interesting to know his thoughts on this and what conclusions did John McCain form from this.

Where were you when John was a POW for 5 1/2 yrs ?

Answer 5

I don't know if McCain is that ignorant of history, or he thinks the rest of us are, but his attack on Ron Paul was mean spirited.

I would think that a Viet Nam veteran would be reluctant to see American troops committed to another undeclared war, that is based on a lie. What is McCain thinking? 60,000 Americans killed, and for what? What can we accomplish with what is going on in Iraq?

There are people who are making billions of dollars on this thing, while others are losing their lives and limbs. There is no definable goal, no exit strategy, no nothing. This thing as got to end, and those responsible for it held accountable.

Incidentally, Hitler came to power as the German Wiemar Republic was flooding their economy with worthless paper "marks", causing massive inflation. Ron Paul is the only candidate addressing the increasingly worthless paper federal reserve notes.

Answer 6

John McCain is educated , but his posturing is far in excess of his knowledge of history. He should know better than to
take on Ron Paul, whose depth of knowledge far exceeds
that of any of the candidates. The more McCain talks, the
more evident it is that he has a shallow grasp of the subject
matter. His strong suit is the sympathy he engenders by
constantly bringing up his POW status, which he relies on
to create credibility when his arguments lack substance.

Answer 7

France's stupidity in forcing the terms on the Germans after World War I set up the situation that allowed Hitler to come to power. Had France not gone out of its way to try to humiliate the Germans in the terms offered in 1918, the circumstances that were exacerbated by the global depression started by Wall Street's collapse in 1929 would not have allowed someone like Hitler to come to power in 1933.

Answer 8

He is a very educated man everyone who graduates the Naval Academy is educated very well and no he is not stupid either. His problem is that he does not fit in with that crowd of professional liars that are in Washington now. Hitler gained power because he was able to kick start the German economy by building up the military power and robbing the Jewish people of all their possessions.And convinced the German people that the Jews were the root cause of all their problems.

Answer 9

Our ineffective foreign policy during the Great Depression did certainly encourage Hitler. I do not however see how every foreign leader's crimes become our fault. To suggest that is stupid and uneducated.

Answer 10

John McCain is 100% correct. BTW, he never said that we bear the guilt and shame of the holocaust because our parents and grandparents did nothing about the Nazis while it was happening until after it was too late.

John McCain is way cool in my book. He is highly educated, you moron.

Who is feeding you this crap?

Answer 11

As a History buff, McCain was actually correct. As was the first person who answered this question. So guess you are the undereducated one, at least in history!