CaP'N GRuNGe Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 What John McCain Didn't Tell You by Larry C Johnson While John McCain was excoriating the press in Baghdad yesterday for not presenting the "full story" about how swell things are in Iraq he neglected to mention the pre-visit security sweep that made that neighborhood stroll so safe. I am sure you have already heard about the 100 soldiers, the three Blackhawk helicopters and two Apache gunships that accompanied his entourage, but did you hear about the soldiers who swept the area before the American legislators and their security team showed up? Who cares about those mooks? They are expendable. John McCain and Lindsey Graham put American soldiers' lives at risk just so they could have a photo op. That's the bottomline. Why didn't they do a ride along on a real patrol? Perhaps they could have joined the U.S. team that responded to an ambush of an American patrol yesterday? Of course a total of six U.S. soldiers died in that operation. Sega!! You can't take real risks. No sir. Instead, U.S. military resources are devoted to making propaganda. U.S. soldiers were ordered into harms way just to ensure a congressional delegation could walk around, look serious, and perpetuate the lie that more U.S. soldiers must come to Iraq and die. That was a propaganda event and SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS !!!ing General Petraeus ought to be ashamed. U.S. soldiers entered the neighborhood before the delegation arrived for its stroll. They searched for explosives, sent informants into the crowd, set up a perimeter, and secured the area before the Senators showed up with their 100 armed guards. And for what? To keep McCain, Graham and others safe. What happened to the Iraqi utopia John McCain so confidently insisted was there for eveyone to see? If the "true" picutre of Iraq was simply a matter of getting the news cameras pointed in the right direction then why did he need a security detail? If the peace and prosperity the Iraqi people are celebrating in safe neighborhoods is genuine then why wear body armor? You know why? Because John McCain is completely full of Sega!. He may be delusional but his survival instinct is still intact. When he goes into a war zone he wants to be protected. And U.S. soldiers carried out that mission yesterday so John McCain could try to hoodwink the American people into backing the surge and sending more troops into harms way. I don't know about you, but that pisses me off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 If you think for yourself you don't support the troops... Why do you hate america? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 link doesnt work....we have a bullsh!t filter here at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliaz Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 yeap typical political crap. Soon we are going to see the ads that waste millions of dollars just to tell us the other is a lair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGrunt Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 If voting for the next President were held today, I'd vote for John McCain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Who the hell cares what Larry Johnson thinks? Just run the danged ball next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 did larry johnson write a similar article when john kerry went to iraq? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 did larry johnson write a similar article when john kerry went to iraq? No, because LJ's a screaming lib commie like Kerry and Grunge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 did larry johnson write a similar article when john kerry went to iraq? No, because when Kerry went over he had no security detail like this...he bravely took his life into his own hands... story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 did larry johnson write a similar article when john kerry went to iraq? Uh no. Nor when Comrade Clinton, the king of the photo op went on his around the world tour. Or how about when Comrade Pelosi is in Syria this week? No mention of that at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 Uh no. Nor when Comrade Clinton, the king of the photo op went on his around the world tour. Or how about when Comrade Pelosi is in Syria this week? No mention of that at all? Did Pelosi have the entourage McCain did to clear out the area of potential threats? Did 3 Republican congressmen not also visit the Syrians the day before Pelosi was there? No mention of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Did Pelosi have the entourage McCain did to clear out the area of potential threats? Did 3 Republican congressmen not also visit the Syrians the day before Pelosi was there? No mention of that? I am just saying Larry Johnson, and you, are biased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewer Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 I am just saying Larry Johnson, and you, are biased. And I'm that you just like to argue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 I am just saying Larry Johnson, and you, are biased. Please show me what part of Johnson's piece is biased. Seriously. Fact: McCain claims the media is overexaggerating the lack of safety and underreporting the successes in Iraq. Fact: McCain walks through a marketplace that has first been fully secured and then has an escort of 100 soldiers, helicopters, etc. He and his entourage claim it is no different than walking through a marketplace in Indiana. Fact: McCain is full of poppy cock. Johnson, Myself, and the Truth: 100 McCain, Spain, and BS: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewer Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Please show me what part of Johnson's piece is biased. Seriously. Fact: McCain claims the media is overexaggerating the lack of safety and underreporting the successes in Iraq. Fact: McCain walks through a marketplace that has first been fully secured and then has an escort of 100 soldiers, helicopters, etc. He and his entourage claim it is no different than walking through a marketplace in Indiana. Fact: McCain is full of poppy cock. Johnson, Myself, and the Truth: 100 McCain, Spain, and BS: 0 Sorry Capn, but the fact that Johnson doesn't mention that you can still play poker online in Iraq demonstrates a clear bias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 No, because when Kerry went over he had no security detail like this...he bravely took his life into his own hands... story like he did in vietnam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 No matter how good/bad you think it went, it went WAY better than his last 'trip' to Vietnam. I would think that after his air craft carrier explodes directly under him and then he gets shot down and put in a POW camp that he'd just want to relax for the rest of his life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Please show me what part of Johnson's piece is biased. Seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 A well thought out articulate response. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H8tank Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 See, the left needs iraq to be bad for their goals to be met, this is why they wish for dead iraqi babies and side with iran, they want the US to lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 did larry johnson write a similar article when john kerry went to iraq? A well thought out articulate response. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Fact: McCain claims the media is overexaggerating the lack of safety and underreporting the successes in Iraq. Fact: McCain walks through a marketplace that has first been fully secured and then has an escort of 100 soldiers, helicopters, etc. He and his entourage claim it is no different than walking through a marketplace in Indiana. These are the salient points right here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 A well thought out articulate response. Thank you. Kerry is irrelevant to this topic. And even if he was relevant and even if he did a similar thing as McCain and had an area "prepped" for a visit, he did not in the first place claim that everything was peachy in Iraq. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 So what should McCain's punishment be for this? Bamboo under the fingernails? Chinese water torture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Kerry is a Democrat so if he does it I dont care. I only criticize Republicans. But I am not biased at all. fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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