McCain still thinks the US could have "won" in Vietnam

[NNN0LHI]

http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=7347155&nav=menu216_3

McCain compares Iraq, Vietnam

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain took part in the Veterans Day parade today in Beaufort, South Carolina.

McCain rode part of the way in a nonmilitary Jeep right behind the Marine Corps Band, with his 95-year-old mother, Roberta.

He talked to a crowd of about 200 people packed in a restaurant after the parade. He says it's important for the nation to support those fighting in Iraq.

He compared the situation with the Vietnam war. McCain says the United States won every battle in Vietnam but was forced to leave because of problems on the homefront.

[acmavm]

1. The old idiot thinks he has a crack at the Oval Office. What can

you say about the guy? He's nuts.

[DURHAM D]

2. Hmm...

McCain could not actually know about or comprehend the situation in Viet Nam - he wasn't getting any information in real time.

[blondeatlast]

16. That was my immediate thought as well.

He sure as hell wasn't getting the info that we got stateside.

[eleny]

3. Yeah, it's all about him "winning" a war before he kicks

Pfui.

[Rabo Karabekian]

4. Time for the Pasture John

Oh God he thinks he's running for election in '68. Give it up John, even Alzheimer's Ron was younger than you are.

[unpossibles]

5. a common belief among many right wingers

the only problem they see with Vietnam was the hippies who made it stop.

[DemoTex]

10. Or the press.

[unpossibles]

14. true

I guess they don't like democracy or free press. Rather telling, isn't it?

[cuke]

18. It was the majority opinion throughout the VN War

including after we withdrew

[DCKit]

20. I was only eleven when the war finally ended.

Having been exposed to the daily toll of war dead on the evening news for six years, I never thought it was about winning, that it was a "patriotic" or "righteous" war. It was just stupid and a waste of American lives.

[NNN0LHI]

21. I would have been drafted in 1974 if idiots like McCain had their way

McCain makes me sick.

Don

[pansypoo53219]

6. typical FLYboy.

never on a battle field.

[spanone]

7. mccain is proof that torture fucks you up for life

he's not only wrong, he's delusional

[TwilightGardener]

8. Sad--just like his views on Iraq--doesn't care about whether or not

the war is necessary or in our best interests, but only concerned with being able to call it an American "win"--no matter how much money or how many troops it takes. Seriously, seriously unfit for office, this man.

[beltanefauve]

25. And that,

is exactly what his problem is:denial. If he admits Iraq is a dismal failure and "unwinnable", then he has to come to terms with the failure that is Vietnam. In denial, AND insane. Hang it up, Johnny.

[Parche]

9. Vietnam

You cant 'win' by sending forces out scattered like they did, and then give several
'hills' back............:hi:

[timtom]

11. WHAT fucking war????

Vietnam was no more a war than is Afghanistan/Iraq. It was an illegal military adventure!

And what does he think 3 demonstrable signs of having "won" would be?

(This vitriol is aimed at McCain -- not the OP.)

[sandnsea]

12. This is what Obama is talking about

Time to turn the page on these old arguments because they're getting in the way of resolving the problems we face today. I wish we'd learned the lessons of Vietnam, we didn't, so we're going to have to figure out another way to get people to understand our foreign policy has to change.

[doc03]

13. It depends on what the definition of win is

according to all my Republican friends we should have just Nuked them. They also think we should just Nuke the entire middle east. Of course that would kill millions of innocent people and leave all the oil wells contaminated and useless but what the hell we could say we "won". Don't ever misunderestimate the stupidity of Republican.

[La Coliniere]

19. I'll second that last remark

Your Repub friends sound a lot like my Repub relatives. Hideously uninformed and always ready to play the "just nuke them" card. Thoughtless cretins.

[steve2470]

15. How many tons of bombs and napalm did we drop there ? I forget nt

[Dukkha]

17. Then go back and finish quitter

retake Ho Chi Minh City and be greeted as a liberator.

[pansypoo53219]

22. unless we were gonna kill all the vietnamese

and planed on living there, there can bee no win. history has shown, eventualy, the home team will win. even the romans left britannica. may have taken centuries, but they left.

[Disturbed]

23. McLame, like his buddy Busholini, has serious mental issues.

They both have great Health Care that they should be using to get into therapy.

[LSK]

24. won what?

:shrug: