McCain IS bad on domestic issues -- an out-and-out clone of George W. Bush in terms of policy. But he's arguably even more pathetic in his alleged areas of expertise, where he doesn't seem able to get anything right. EVER.
He makes a complete hash of the Middle East situation on a regular basis now, confusing Shia and Sunni, getting the relationships between all the countries and parties fouled up, and in general being dead wrong time after time with all his predictions for Iraq and the surrounding region.
Well, chalk up another dumb moment for McCain. Today he gave General Petraeus powers that the man doesn't have. From the Army Times:
McCain reveals confusion over Petraeus role
By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain of Arizona may not have been paying the closest of attention last week during hearings on the Bush administration’s Iraq policy.
Speaking Monday at the annual meeting of the Associated Press, McCain was asked whether he, if elected, would shift combat troops from Iraq to Afghanistan to intensify the search for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
“I would not do that unless Gen. [David] Petraeus said that he felt that the situation called for that,” McCain said, referring to the top U.S. commander in Iraq.
Petraeus, however, made clear last week that he has nothing to do with the decision. Testifying last week before four congressional committees, including the Senate Armed Services Committee on which McCain is the ranking Republican, Petraeus said the decision about whether troops could be shifted from Iraq to Afghanistan was not his responsibility because his portfolio is limited to the multi-national force in Iraq.
Decisions about Afghanistan would be made by others, he said.
“I’ve been sort of focused on another task,” Petraeus said when pressed about whether more troops should be diverted to Afghanistan rather than Iraq.
Good god. I'm not a veteran or any kind of military expert, and even I have a better sense of how the chain of command in our armed forces works than McCain.
Despite the hard sell of McCain as a military expert, the man is unfit to be Commander-in-Chief.
And that's just one of the many reasons he shouldn't be President.
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