McCain in 1990s: Immediately Withdraw from Haiti, Somalia

by oregonkcg, Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 11:55:25 AM EST

I was not too long ago when McCain was strongly advocating for the immediate withdrawal of American troops from America's interventions in Somalia and Haiti. Compared to his rhetoric about Democrats wanting to "wave the white flag of surrender" in Iraq, think on this McCain quote from 1994 when he was advocating the immediate withdrawal of US forces from Haiti:

['As soon as possible'] does not mean 'As soon as order is restored to Haiti'.

It doesn't mean 'As soon as democracy is flourishing in Haiti'.

It doesn't mean 'As soon as we have established a viable nation in Haiti'.

'As soon as possible' means 'As soon as we can get out of Haiti without losing any American lives'.

Pretty stark difference, eh?


I guess his stance on "waving the white flag of surrender" depends on which constituency he is trying to appease at the time; i.e., the Republican Senate in the 90s and the Republican Base now.

See the video and judge for yourself:

Cross-posted to my blog: http://weneedobama.blogspot.com/2008/06/ mccain-withdraw-immediately-from.html

Digg this: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/McCain _of_1990s_Withdraw_Immediately_from_Hait i_Somalia


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John McCain: Hypocrite (none / 0)

Thanks posting this.  I would not be surprised if there are 100's of examples of John McCain's hypocrisy.


United we stand, divided we fall.
by mefeck on Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 12:20:35 PM EST

The US has over 1000 bases worldwide.. (none / 0)

How many of them are important for the defense of the US?

We also have had probably hundreds of military interventions, many of which that 'didn't make the news'.

How many of them were clearly positive, or necessary?

How many of them were negative, such as situations where we supported despots, or worse?

More than many realize.

How many of them made enemies for us that we should not have made, people who might have otherwise been our friends or even helped us in some way?


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by architek on Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 12:48:38 PM EST

Haiti succeeded (none / 0)

and Somalia was Bush I's going-away present to Bill Clinton to beating him.


by Lakrosse on Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 01:42:59 PM EST


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