O’Hanlon: McCain ‘has been proven right about Iraq.’
By on Jun 9th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
O’Hanlon: McCain ‘has been proven right about Iraq.’
Commenting in an article about Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) foreign policy advisers, Iraq war apologist Michael O’Hanlon insisted McCain has been “proven right” on Iraq:
I don’t think they’re neocons. I think they’re pragmatists because they’ve been right. He (McCain) himself has been proven right about Iraq, and so on Iraq, I think you can say McCain has a strong track record.
O’Hanlon is hardly known for being a tough critic, considering he gave his own record on Iraq “a score of 7 out of 10.” Despite the right-wing’s constant attempt to declare Bush “right” on Iraq, McCain’s record doesn’t lie.
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A “tough critic” by giving himself 7 out of 10? He was stacking his own deck! 1 or 2 out of 10 would have been more appropriate!
Oh, no, they’re not neocons… they just happen to support and parrot everything that is neocon.
And just because the right keeps repeating that McCain is right about the war/surge, doesn’t make it so, and the public is onto this sham war now.
PEACE
June 9th, 2008 at 7:52 pmYikes. What’s O’Hanlon been smoking?
June 9th, 2008 at 7:53 pmWhat an O’Moron!!
June 9th, 2008 at 7:58 pmYikes. What’s O’Hanlon been smoking?
Depleted uranium.
June 9th, 2008 at 7:59 pm…A few moments ago, (approximately 7:30 p.m. EDT), Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich took to the floor of the House of Representatives to present 35 Articles of Impeachment against George W. Bush. The House session is being televised live on C-SPAN.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:00 pm#5 Keith,
June 9th, 2008 at 8:01 pmThanks…I’ve tuned in!!!!
in a perfect world i would never hear that name again..
thanks Keith…..watching it now.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:02 pmWatching it now…
What will Pelosi do?
Go to dinner.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:02 pmGreat timing, Dennis!
This will be THE issue of the democratic convention, especially if we start pressuring the dem leadership to deal with it. Now.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:05 pm#8 barfly,
Without a table?
June 9th, 2008 at 8:05 pmWithout a table?
I think it’s a personal phobia.
Are any of the networks covering this?
June 9th, 2008 at 8:09 pmI think they’re pragmatists because they’ve been right. He (McCain) himself has been proven right about Iraq, and so on Iraq, I think you can say McCain has a strong track record.
Yeah
The price of rugs in Baghdad while being trailed by a brigade of soldiers , 3 helicopters and a couple of assault tanks sure proved him “right” O’Handbag …………
June 9th, 2008 at 8:11 pmhas he seriously introduced impeachment proceedings?
is this for real?
June 9th, 2008 at 8:12 pmKucinich is on CSPAN right now introducing articles of impeachment against GW Bush right now!
June 9th, 2008 at 8:12 pmWow, Kucinich is laying it ALL out.
Right on.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:13 pmObama/Kucinich =)
Having dinner, while watching this. Tuna Helper has never tasted so savory!
June 9th, 2008 at 8:13 pmOMG! I’m loving Kucinich! He is right on point…
PEACE
June 9th, 2008 at 8:13 pmDemonstrating that experience is truly no substitute for judgment, John McCain like President Bush was sadly wrong at almost every turn in promoting the invasion and occupation of Iraq. From his predictions of a short war and claims U.S. troops would be greeted as liberators to his announcements of mission accomplished, his ongoing confusion over friend and foe in Iraq and so much more, McCain’s is an unbroken legacy of error.
For the details, see:
June 9th, 2008 at 8:14 pm“McCain and Friends Rewrite History on Iraq.”
Only local news on the west coast right now. Is it on any of the networks, back east?
June 9th, 2008 at 8:15 pmoh, he’s real right about Iraq, especially when he’s not talking about Iraq. Like when he confuses one country with another!
June 9th, 2008 at 8:17 pmKucinich is on CSPAN. Don’t know if any other channels are carrying it.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:19 pmKucinich has 35 articles of impeachment, and he just started #7 – invading Iraq without a declaration of war.
I sure hope someone out there is live blogging this one, but I’m very sure it will be replayed.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:21 pmmy cable is acting funny!
June 9th, 2008 at 8:21 pmThe MSM will not give a dying peep of this news!!
June 9th, 2008 at 8:22 pmUnfortunately, O’Hanlon is one of the people who still believes his mommy’s assurance that he’s “the brightest boy in the world”. And he suffers from an affliction which makes him parrot Reichwing talking points. I wonder if his hair looks like that from wearing a hood around the office?
June 9th, 2008 at 8:22 pmArticle #8 – invading Iraq in violation of the U.N. charter and international law
Sorry, I didn’t get the first 6 articles as I, too, just tuned in.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:23 pmSomeone will have this on youtube soon.
OMG he is backing every charge with rock solid law and evidence.
They better impeach both Darth and Shrub. At the same time.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:23 pmI’d sure like to see if there are any other dem congressmen there with him, but the camera won’t pan backward.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:24 pmThe MSM will not give a dying peep of this news!!
FoxSnooze was ready to cover it live but they had to cut away because there’s a high-speed police chase in L.A. involving Britney Spears.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:25 pmoh yey! I finally got it on… I’m a watch it..
June 9th, 2008 at 8:25 pmHe’s also saying that Bush abrogated the authority given him in the AUMF, because he knew in advance that Iraq wasn’t a real threat.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:26 pmI hope there’s a Part II with 37 counts against Dick(head) Cheney!!
June 9th, 2008 at 8:26 pmGod, I hope Olbermann is all over this.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:27 pmoh, hey, I read on the Huffington Post that the US is pulling out of the U.N.’s Human Rights Council… how effed up is that?
June 9th, 2008 at 8:28 pmUse of white phosphorous! He’s throwing the whole thing back in their faces!
June 9th, 2008 at 8:29 pmOT:
Dennis Kucinich is reading Articles of Impeachment on C-Span RIGHT NOW.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:29 pmHeh.
I guess you knew that.
**blush**
June 9th, 2008 at 8:30 pmWar Crimes!
Yowwzzaa!!
June 9th, 2008 at 8:30 pmcivilians attacked, can you say Blackwater?
June 9th, 2008 at 8:30 pmKucinich said Congress did not have the right to give the president authority to decide. And bush did not have the power to do it.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:31 pmDennis…Please don’t leave out the ground zero fascist David Addington who took us all to hell here!!! The worst person in American for his entire life!!!!
June 9th, 2008 at 8:31 pmArticle #9 – Failing to provide troops with body armour and vehicle armour.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:32 pmFailure to provide body armor, and vehicle armor.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:33 pmbarfly Says:
I’d sure like to see if there are any other dem congressmen there with him, but the camera won’t pan backward.
Call your congresscritter and tell them,support this bill.
Even if they are Republican. This is an election year.
Charge of not providing required body and vehicle armor to troops.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:34 pmThis is big.
Article #10 – falsifying accounts of US troops deaths and injuries for political purposes
****Does anyone have the first 6 articles that they can post?
June 9th, 2008 at 8:34 pmnot to mention, redeployments of 15 months, walter Reed atrocities and insurance denying,
June 9th, 2008 at 8:35 pmwe call that PROpaganda
June 9th, 2008 at 8:36 pmooooh, Jessica lynch
June 9th, 2008 at 8:36 pmthat’s what you call message force multipliers
June 9th, 2008 at 8:38 pmArticle #11 – Establishment of permanent military bases in Iraq
BTW, new thread up about this, and I’m heading over there
June 9th, 2008 at 8:40 pmCall your congresscritter and tell them,support this bill.
Even if they are Republican. This is an election year.
Charge of not providing required body and vehicle armor to troops.
This is big.
Duncan Hunter is my rep., and as former chairman of the armed services committee, he knew all along this was happening, and apparently just didn’t care. It would be a waste of keystrokes.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:40 pmMccain has been “proven right about Iraq”?
I didn’t realise McCain had ever said Iraq was one of the biggest military blunders in recent memory, and that Bush was responsible for the deaths of thousands of Iraqis.
Who knew!
/sarc off
June 9th, 2008 at 8:49 pmbarfly,
You’re right. Dunkin’ Hunter is a lost RePugniScum…doomed to the hell he fears so much.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:49 pmKucinich is absolutely nailing it! I sure hope the media picks this up tomorrow. They need to take this seriously and get it in front of the American public before asshats like Limpballs and Little Seanie Insanity character-assassinate Dennis.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:50 pmYes, the McCain record doesn’t lie. This is courtesy of a British newspaper:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk:80/femail/article-1024927/The-wife-John-McCain-callously-left-behind.html
I guess this is old news to the American media.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:54 pmHere’s where we are so far (and I’m still looking for articles 2 – 6, if anyone has them…)
Article 1: Creating a secret propaganda campaign to manufacture a false case for war against Iraq
Article 7: Invading Iraq without a declaration of war.
Article 8: Invading Iraq in violation of the U.N. charter and international law.
Article 9: Failing to provide troops with body armour and vehicle armour.
Article 10: Falsifying accounts of US troops deaths and injuries for political purposes
Article 11: Establishment of permanent military bases in Iraq
Article 12: Initiating a war against Iraq for control of that nation’s natural resources.
Article 13: Secret task force for directing national energy policy
Article 14: Misprision of a felony, misuse and exposure of classified information and cover up (Plame outing)
Article 15: Providing immunity from prosecution for criminal conduct for contractors in Iraq
Article 16: Reckless misspending and wasted US tax dollar with Iraq contractors
Article 17: Illegal detention – detaining indefinitely, and without charge, American citizens and foreign captives (suspension of habeus)
Article 18: Torture – secretly authorizing and encouraging use of torture, as matter of official policy
June 9th, 2008 at 9:29 pmVerbalKint Says:
Yikes. What’s O’Hanlon been smoking?
Drinking, you mean. O’Hamhead is attempting the classic re-writing of history that used to be the publishers domain, since they owned the book companies. The internet has permanently changed that.
June 9th, 2008 at 9:31 pmO’Hanlon is the token Irish Jew in the Kristol Cabal at the Weakly (sub)Standard.
June 9th, 2008 at 9:34 pmAnybody up for kicking JinJin’s ass. A little respect is all I ask….
June 9th, 2008 at 10:18 pm.
Dear Mr O’Hanlon,
You talk facts yet provide none…
THEY(sic) do say that talk is on the cheep now-a days.
.
June 10th, 2008 at 2:01 amWell as the McCain supporters fight over him being right or wrong about Iraq. The Iraq President is talking with the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei about working with Iran in partnership. Yes as John Kerry and John McCain say they wont talk to the leader of Iran who they call President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the real Ruler is the Supreme Leader. Right or Wrong about Iraq our Law Makers don’t even know who rules Iran. The US Government, White House, Pentagon and all involved in making decisions in Foreign Policy for the USA should take a class in the Culture/Governments of the Middle East. Even the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei laughs at the US Law Makers and how stupid they are.
June 10th, 2008 at 2:18 am