AP - Republican Sen. John McCain refused Wednesday to rule out a pre-emptive war against another country, although he said one would be very unlikely.



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Sounds reasonable and responsible to me. He's not advocating a pre-emptive strike against anyone, just keeping the option available if needed.

Neither would Hillary. So why not berate her?

Yeah great, like the mushroom cloud that took us to Iraq.

Mushroom cloud that took us to Iraq? That's a new one. Care to explain?

Was there a nuclear detonation that I was not made aware of?

Do you REALLY honestly think McCain would be as quick to attack a country that did not attack us as the Bush administration was? I have a hard time believing that he would, but then again, I initially had a hard time believing the Bush administration is as bad as it is. I still don't WANT to believe it, but know it to be true. McCain has been through war, he knows what it's like, and I think knowing what it is like would be the greatest deterrent in unilaterally and pre-emptively attacking another country.

The mushroom cloud thing--no matter HOW you look at it, there was nothing showing in ANY presentation that a mushroom cloud would happen instantly if they didn't do something--it was referencing it as something that could happen in several years.

There are many things I don't like about McCain, but attacking him for his statements that were referenced in the article in the OP is not only silly, it is foolish, in my opinion. It's as silly as attacking Bush for sitting and being calm and not turning the classroom into a room of hysterics and not leaving a building where he could be seen outside and not getting into a vehicle that could be targeted, but staying in a building that he could be in any one part of when he found out the towers had been hit.

I think McCain's statements were very reasonable in this instance. Making a statement that starts with "I will NEVER" is bound to get people in trouble, because we never know what situation may lie ahead. Situations can change drastically, and those situations can change people drastically. I wouldn't want a president who would make lots of "never" and "always" statements.

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Very well said. This is one of the most well put posts I have read in a long time. Rep for you sir.

I agree with this assessment as well. I think that he has covered his bases in a way that is appropriate not making promises he does know without a doubt that he can keep.

I also agree whole heartedly. Rep well deserved.