McCain calls on Obama to fire his national security team and replace them with Bush-era neocons

[Cali_Democrat]

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Thursday called for President Obama’s national security team to resign over the fast-collapsing security situation in Iraq.


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McCain blames Obama and his national security team for the rout, saying it was responsible for withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraq and calling back the generals McCain said has been the successful architects of security in the war-ravaged country.

McCain specifically called for the resignation of Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The first thing is get rid of this national security team, which has been a total failure,” he told reporters ahead of a classified Senate Armed Services Committee briefing on the security situation in Iraq. “[They] called back in people who succeeded in Iraq like General Petraeus, General Mattis, many of the other leaders —General Keane, who’s the architect of the surge."


http://thehill.com/policy/defense/209150-mccain-iraq-shows-obama-needs-a-new-team

[Blue Owl]

1. McGrumps is so lucid and full of foresight

[BeyondGeography]

2. Disallow the 2008 election results while we're at it

[dhill926]

3. please just shut the fuck up already…..

[TwilightGardener]

4. This is McCrazy's second public attack on Gen. Dempsey in a week.

Last week after a briefing with Dempsey, someone tweeted that McCain came out muttering that Dempsey was the "most political" General he'd ever dealt with. Which means that Dempsey doesn't bend to the neocons. Neither does Hagel, of course. Glad both men are there. Edit to add: the team who withdrew from Iraq? Clinton, Gates, Petraeus, Mullen. Is McCain going to specifically bash them?