John McCain complains that Democrats distort his comment that he would be comfortable with having troops in Iraq for a hundred years. What he really meant, he says, is that we've had troops in Germany, Japan and South Korea for decades, and everything is just fine, so that's what our indefinite occupation of Iraq would be like.
But McCain fails to understand that having a Christian army, as ours is perceived, occupying a Muslim nation for a hundred years would be disastrous beyond belief. It would be nothing at all like having our troops in Germany, Japan and South Korea. Continued occupation of Iraq would mean having a couple of our troops killed daily for a hundred years, and you can do the math. The dollar cost would be unfathomable.
If that's the kind of decision McCain would make as commander in chief, I must really question the claim that his strong suit is foreign policy and national security. Heaven help us if we elect another "war president" like the one we have now.
-- George Blok, Camarillo