Let me repeat because you obviously did not get it the first time. Regardless of what you think of his politics he gave his life to service to his country. He did not rely on deferments for phone bone spurs and did not build a business by cheating trades and suppliers and then become president touting only his own greatly exaggerated or fabricated accomplishments. He was not a pathological liar, serial adulterer and narcissistic. He was a trued american patriot and hero.
As the late Senator John McCain is mourned and eulogized since his weekend passing, and with many pundits on the cable shows quick to canonize him a great "warrior politician" worthy of emulation as a secular civic saint of sorts, his legacy will chiefly remain as the foremost pro-intervention hawk in recent American history.
Even CNN seems to recognize this with the opening line of its obituary memorializing McCain: "Whenever America was in a fight during his long lifetime, John McCain was in the thick of it."
Sen. McCain's “secret” Syria visit in May 2013 wherein he famously posed with known al-Qaeda operatives who had previously kidnapped Lebanese Shia pilgrims. The men were part of an al-Qaeda linked group, "Northern Storm Brigade" which had at various times cooperated directly with ISIS, such as during the Battle of Menagh Airbase near Aleppo throughout the summer following McCain's visit. John Stewart's The Daily Show subsequently featured and confirmed the incident during a segment.
Though now being widely hailed as a "truth-teller" and promoter of democratic principles around the world, one might reasonably ask if his broadly recognized history of knee-jerk jingoism advocating for war and greater US military involvement from Kosovo to Iraq to Libya to Ukraine to North Korea to Syria has actually made the world a better, more peaceful, and stable place for much of the globe's inhabitants.
And closer to home, US citizens might question whether the "last lion of the Senate" has actually made American less safe, based on the well-known principle of "blowback" — the tendency for destabilizing foreign policy adventurism abroad to actually create more terrorism or other security threats to US citizenry.
This term, long an acknowledged part of the lexicon of US intelligence agencies, was best illustrated in a 2015 essay by David Stockman, titled Blowback — The Washington War Party’s Folly Comes Home To Roost:
The gates of hell have been opened by Washington’s senseless destruction of regimes in Libya, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan and elsewhere that refused to do its bidding. Yet not one of these backwaters of tyranny and economic and military insignificance posed any threat whatsoever to the safety and security of American citizens in Lincoln NE or Manchester NH.
Given that the American public is about to be subject to a week's worth of discussion of McCain's legacy, it is worth revisiting a previously viral map published in 2013 by the far-left magazine Mother Jones.
The map is appropriately called Battlefield: Earth — Countries where McCain has called for U.S. military intervention, and is again making the rounds on social media after news of McCain's death.
The countries are:
Syria
Iraq
Afghanistan
Libya
Kosovo
Nigeria
Bosnia
North Korea
Iran
Russia
Sudan
Mali
China
Of course, we could also add Ukraine, where McCain personally went to Kiev in support of Western-backed pro-coup forces, and Yemen, where he voted against an effort 6 months ago to end the Saudi slaughter there, which has resulted in tens of thousands of civilian deaths.
2014 photo op in Libya with a "rebel" who later emerged head of ISIS in Libya. Left to Right - CT Senator Richard Blumenthal, Al-Qaeda and ISIS-linked Libyan Islamic Fighting Group Commander Abdelhakim Belhadj, AZ Senator John McCain, SC Senator Lindsey Graham.
Kosovo
“The best course for us, NATO, Kosovo, Russia and even Serbia is to begin fighting this war as if it were a war, with huge stakes involved, instead of some strange interlude between peace initiatives…To that end, we should commence today to mobilize infantry and armored divisions for a possible ground war in Kosovo.”
Iraq War I
“It is clear to me that if we fail to act there will be inevitably a succession of dictators, of Saddam Husseins, of which around the globe there is an abundance.”
Nigeria
“If they knew where they were, I certainly would send in U.S. troops to rescue them, in a New York minute I would, without permission of the host country. I wouldn’t be waiting for some kind of permission from some guy named Goodluck Jonathan.”
Bosnia
“If [Bosnians] were equipped,especially with TOW missiles, some heavy armor, some tanks, then I think that we could foresee a stable situation.”
North Korea
“I would arm, train, equip, both from without and from within, forces that would eventually overthrow the governments and install free and democratically-elected governments.”
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Iran
“It’s that old Beach Boys song, ‘Bomb Iran’? Bomb bomb bomb…”
https://youtu.be/o-zoPgv_nYg
Georgia
“Today, we are all Georgians.”
Russia
“Now is the time to fundamentally rethink our relationship with Putin’s Russia. We need to deal with the Russia that is, not the Russia we might wish for. We cannot allow today’s action by Putin to stand without serious repercussions…We should push for the completion of all phases of our missile defense programs in Europe, and move expeditiously on another round of NATO expansion.”
Sudan
“NATO should immediately establish and enforce a no-fly zone over Darfur to ensure that Khartoum ends its offensive military flights and bombing raids, as the Security Council has already demanded…[T]he United States should intensify efforts to persuade UN members to commit troops and funds for the UN force in Darfur, and it should develop plans for US logistical support.”
Mali
“We need to have DOD assistance as much as feasible and necessary to prevent Mali from deteriorating further into a chaotic situation.”
China
“The Arab Spring is coming to China.”
Meanwhile at Lockheed...
LOCKHEED MARTIN STATEMENT ON REMEMBERING U.S. SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN
AUG. 25, 2018
"Senator McCain was an exceptionally courageous leader and a true patriot who dedicated his life in service to our nation. We join the country in mourning his loss. Throughout his career he rightfully held all of us in the national security industry to the toughest and most demanding standards. Yet no matter how passionate the debate or difficult the message, we always understood it for what it was—a determination to deliver the best capability for our military and men and women in uniform while ensuring the taxpayers' interests were properly served. He will be greatly missed."
- Marillyn Hewson, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Lockheed Martin
https://mobile.twitter.com/Lockheed...-all-countries-late-john-mccain-wanted-attack
Hopefully, the rest of the world will realize that most Americans do not like war, any more than they do.
It is a minority of people in this country (who benefit financially), that "never met a war they didn't like".
McShithead was one of them.
I sincerely pray to God, that He sees fit to give Every person killed, wounded, or maimed by John McStain, a chance to pay him back.
That phony "War Hero" is evil, personified. We can tell a lot about what side of "Good Vs. Evil" people are on, based on their opinions of this traitor.
Good Riddance, to a vile, evil piece of shit!
PPS May McCain rot in HELL! A Warhawks who is responsible of thousands of death.
