John McCain, Mika Brzezinski Spar Over Handling Of Iraq

[DonViejo]

CATHERINE THOMPSON – JUNE 13, 2014, 9:02 AM EDT

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) got into a testy exchange with "Morning Joe" host Mika Brzezinski on Friday about the Obama administration's handling of Iraq.

McCain argued that the Obama administration's decision not to leave a residual force behind after the war in Iraq ended in 2011 was to blame for Iraqi militants' power grabs this week.

“We had it won. Thanks to the surge and thanks to Gen. David Petraeus, we had it won," McCain said. "And then the decision was made by the Obama administration to not have a residual force in Iraq."

Brzezinski contested that claim and suggested the George W. Bush administration was partly responsible for the current situation in Iraq.

"What about going in in the first place? And what about churning the hate?" she asked. "What about taking the Sunnis out of leadership positions in 2003? What about the fact that there might have been some parts of this that are on the previous administration that could be relitigated as well?"

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1. John McCain is just getting worse and worse and worse.

I think deep down, in those 3:00 a.m. soul-searching moments, he knows he's a fraud. HE knows he sold out his country to avoid torture by the Vietcong, he knows that his whole "war hero" narrative is a lie. He knows he is where he's at because he is a member of the Lucky Sperm Club and he married up after throwing away a wife who was faithful to him throughout his imprisonment, but who wasn't "pretty enough" for him after being disfigured in a car accident. He knows he's never really done anything truly honorable in his life, and that is coming out in all sorts of inappropriate ways. He's the master at "projection." He is so pathetic.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. I was really hoping her dad would call McCain stunningly superficial.