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: Never In Our Names

My friends, there will be more wars. A campaign promise.

By Zwoof

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"There's going to be other wars. ... I'm sorry to tell you, there's going to be other wars. We will never surrender but there will be other wars..."
We're gonna have a lot of PTSD to treat, my friends, we're gonna have a lot of combat wounds.."
John McCain, January 2008

"I know how to win wars."
John McCain

In an oped for the Wall Street Journal on October 26, 2001, he tells us how he plans to win all of these wars he promises.

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No Substitute for Victory
War is hell. Let's get on with it.
by JOHN MCCAIN
The Wall Street Journal
Friday, October 26, 2001 12:01 a.m. EDT

How to win the war according to John McCain.
#1: Cry and then kill ruthlessly.

However heady the appeal of a call to arms, however just the cause, we should still shed a tear for all that will be lost when war claims its wages from us. Shed a tear, and then get on with the business of killing our enemies as quickly as we can, and as ruthlessly as we must.

#2: Ignore those pesky human rights and our allies.

We cannot fight it without casualties. And we cannot fight it without risking unintended damage to humanitarian and political interests.
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#3: It will be necessary to kill civilians.

It is clear that to destroy bin Laden and his associates we will first need to destroy the regime that protects them. To achieve that end, we cannot allow the Taliban safe refuge among the civilian population. We must destroy them, wherever they hide. That will surely increase the terrible danger facing noncombatants, a regrettable but necessary fact of war. But it will also shorten the days they must suffer war's cruel reality.

#4: Blame everyone else.

We did not cause this war. Our enemies did, and they are to blame for the deprivations and difficulties it occasions. They are to blame for the loss of innocent life. They are to blame for the geopolitical problems confronting our friends and us. We can help repair the damage of war. But to do so, we must destroy the people who started it.

There you have it, my friends. More war, more PTSD, more ruthless deaths, more wounds, more civilian casualties and it's not my fault.
I'm John McPain, and I approve this message.

Full post as published by Never In Our Names on August 04, 2008 (boomark / email).