McCain says he only can capture Bin Laden

[JonLP24]

Source: Central Chronicle

Washington, Sept 5: Republican presidential candidate John McCain has said that as a former Navy fighter pilot and a prisoner of war in Vietnam, he had enough experience and knowhow to catch Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, as opposed to his rival Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama.

He said this while responding to Obama's last week accusation that McCain's focus on the Iraq war, rather than pursuing Al Qaeda, had allowed bin Laden to escape in Afghanistan.

The Bush administration has for the past seven years failed to capture Osama, who is believed somewhere in the tribal areas along the Pak-Afghan border.

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"President Clinton had opportunities to get Osama Bin Laden. President Bush had opportunities to get Osama Bin Laden. I know how to do it and I'll do it. I understand and I have the knowledge and the background and the experience to make the right judgments. Senator Obama does not," the Daily Times quoted McCain as saying in a TV interview.



Read more: http://www.centralchronicle.com/20080906/0609191.htm

[Coventina]

1. So why isn't he in Pakistan/Afghanistan doing it right now?

If he really is the only one who can do it, isn't it his duty to do so now rather than later?

[verges]

14. He's waiting for his cape to get back from the cleaners.

nt

[L. Coyote]

17. He is sooo rich, he doesn't need the reward?

[jobycom]

21. hehe.

hehehehehehe!!! :rofl: :spray: :alltherestofthatstuff: !!!

[lisa58]

45. good one

[SnowCritter]

32. My first thought was

Dang! I've a rifle that I'm not using right now. He can have it if he promises to go to whereever it is Bin Laden is hiding and "take care of business" personally.

Still wouldn't vote for him though - even if he was successful.

[thund3rbox]

40. Thinking the same thing...

If he really COULD and CARED FOR HIS COUNTRY, he would have pressed the issue with Bush ages ago.

What political BS. Sadly, people buy this crap...

[thecrow]

53. He really should have revealed this to bush on Sept 12, 2001

It would've saved us so many lives and so much money!
Maybe we could have helped those people in Katrina or had healthcare.

[kurth_]

2. with his bare hands too

Well, he'll train Sarah on how to do it.

[wizstars]

51. He'll just take off her leash and say, "Sic 'im!"

[izquierdista]

3. Be vewwy quiet!

"Where's the next twain to Afghanistan??"

[YDogg]

24. I LOLd.

[AlphaCentauri]

4. Translation: Republicans are inept that couldn't do it, I'll do it my self

[NC_Nurse]

5. He's an arrogant prick like most Repubs.

[alsame]

6. Oh yeah, I'm sure he will personally fly the plane while Gidget

jumps out and starts searching caves. She'll just shoot and skin OBL as if he were a moose. How stupid does one have to be to fall for this crap?

[Baby Snooks]

15. Gidget

I love it. Barbie found a new best friend. Gidget. Ken and Barbie and Gidget. What more could Americans want?

[louis-t]

46. I think alsane means Sally Field Gidget.

from the old tv series. I noticed the resemblance, too.

[George II]

42. They won't let him fly any more planes - they remember how well he did last time he flew one!!!

[Ashy Larry]

7. Why is he withholding this information?

Hey John! Tell Bush!

So much for country first. Its more like holding the country hostage to his personal ambition.

[dkf]

8. Didn't he criticize Obama for wanting to go into Pakistan if the Pakistani's wouldn't

go after Bin Ladin?

He's such liar.

[dbonds]

9. What is he waiting for then?

Isn't it a disgrace if he can capture OBL and is holding the US hostage to his power ambitions before he will do it. Talk about not putting your country first.

[tuckessee]

10. Yeah, make OBL his tail gunner.

Then Johnny will crash or be shot down.

[Ian David]

11. "No war for Monica! Wag the dog! No war for Monica!" Remeber THAT, McCain? n/t

[Omnibus]

12. He was a BOMBER pilot.

McCain was NOT a fighter pilot. He was a bomber pilot.

I guess the truth doesn't fit the narrative well enough, though.

[mamameow]

33. bomber not fighter

mc Cain flew sky hawks. light bomber plane. the sky hawk was lightly armed, could not go after a fighter plane if their lives depended on it. they had escort fighter planes to do that. mc cain was a pilot who kept losing his planes, 4 or 5 lost. not through combat either. his arms were not damaged from torture. they were injured when he crashed. the vietnamese took him to a "hospital" to care for him. i am so sick of how he is being portrayed, such a great man. he is doing so much ass kissing his whole face is turning brown, next he will be saying he is black/brown!!!!

[JaneQPublic]

36. Thank you!

Flying an A-4 Skyhawk does not make him a "fighter" pilot.

[verges]

13. He was a freakin Captain!!!

I'm pretty sure Obama will have several GENERALS working for him. As did Clinton. As did Bush(although Bush didn't listen {maybe by choice}).

[zbdent]

16. "President Clinton had opportunities to get Osama Bin Laden."

If that were true, then why did your butt-buddy and longtime votegetter George W. Bush push against the 9/11 commission, not allowing them to lay blame? If it really was all about how "Clinton let Osama get away", wouldn't Bush have wanted it broadcast and in the books by the investigation???

And why did you, McSame, question the timing of every action Clinton took against ObL??? "It was a distraction during the important matters of the country ..." - investigating a blowjob ...

[Just-plain-Kathy]

34. Very good point.

[Solly Mack]

18. yeah yeah...boring

[ogneopasno]

19. Why has he kept it secret for so long? Sounds like treason to me!

Way to run your mouth, asshat.

[jobycom]

20. Give him a gun and send him over there. If he comes back with Bin Laden, we'll talk.

[KansDem]

22. How does being a former POW give you experience in catching a fugitive?

And, I might add, a fugitive is not listed on the FBI's "10 Most Wanted" list as the perpetrator of 9/11. If the FBI doesn't think OBL did 9/11, why not go after the real culprits?

USAMA BIN LADEN IS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE AUGUST 7, 1998, BOMBINGS OF THE UNITED STATES EMBASSIES IN DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA, AND NAIROBI, KENYA. THESE ATTACKS KILLED OVER 200 PEOPLE. IN ADDITION, BIN LADEN IS A SUSPECT IN OTHER TERRORIST ATTACKS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

FBI Most Wanted: OBL

[Politicalboi]

23. Does he know

Where he's buried?

[Dem2theMax]

49. Ding Ding Ding. We have a winner!

Bin Laden is most likely in the deep freeze in Cheney's underground bunker. ;)

[Pastiche423]

61. He's gonna need a shovel and cadaver dogs

Making a man that they knew was not long for this world our newest and bestest boogeyman wasn't their brightest moment.

But then, they think most citizens are as dumb as they are. (Which in some instances is too true.)

I'd love to know who came up w/that idea 1st.

[XemaSab]

63. Maybe Sarah's the cadaver dog

Did you think of THAT? :shrug: :o

[Pastiche423]

64. Cadaver dogs find bodies

They don't kill them like the killa from wasilla.

[susu369]

71. Wow McCain is going to amaze us with

a Lazarus phenomenon.

[rg123]

25. Then Let

Him put his money where his mouth is. Ron Paul introduced Marque & Reprisal every year since 9/11. He can sponsor a version of this bill first day the Senate returns.

[wizstars]

26. you know, we could get five grand for him on 'Antiques Roadshow'

[Dem2theMax]

47. LMAO!

Actually, I think that estimate is a little high. He has a LOT Of cracks showing. Mostly around the brain region.
And no amount of refinishing will fix it. :evilgrin:

[treestar]

27. Technology has changed since the 60s Gramps

Your experience from that era does nothing to help you catch the likes of Bin Laden.

And how come you didn't do it for Chimpy? Or at least, for the Amurkan people. You mean that have to elect you President before you'll do it?

[frylock]

28. mccain can crash his fighter jet into osama's cave

[Crowman1979]

29. We'll this is your second chance asshole! The C-17 leaves in 30 minutes.

[daleo]

30. That's just bizarre

Being an ex-POW makes him somehow miraculously qualified to capture Bin Laden? Talk about a non-sequitor.

[timtom]

31. Because he has not already done this

means that he is a craven opportunist and really doesn't mean America First.

But we knew that already, didn't we?

[demo dutch]

35. Really, he's going to roll up his sleeves & disappear for 1 year while Sarah runs the show??

[Mz Pip]

37. So what's stopped him

all these years? Why hasn't he provided the current administration with his secret plans? Or was he just keeping them secret so he could use it as a talking point in his run for President?

Tool.

[struggle4progress]

38. Then hop in a plane and go grab him, John! Time's a-wastin.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

39. He's living in a palace in Saudi Arabia...

or in some tropical paradise next to Ken Lay.

Or dead.

[George II]

41. Good! Let him go over there and catch him! I'll buy his one-way ticket, first class!!

[lisa58]

43. If he knows how to do it and no one else does, why hasn't he told anyone else how?

[meow2u3]

44. STP to McLame: If you're the only one who can capture bin Laden

Go to the mountains at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and get him yourself.

Good luck--you're gonna need it! And don't let the plane crush you on the way there.

[JenniferJuniper]

48. Well, considering his history

if he uses his fighter jet to go and git Osama, odds are Bin Laden will instead just end up with a new cave-mate.

[tomg]

50. Sounds like a great movie.

"The film opens with George Bush (Richard Crenna) returning to Washington (where the second film took place) to once again enlist the help of Vietnam veteran John S. McCain (Sylvester Stallone). After witnessing McCain's victory in a pissing match, Bush visits the construction site of the pork barrel McCain is helping to build and asks McCain to join him on a mission to Afghanistan.
The mission is meant to supply weapons, including Stinger missiles, to Afghan freedom fighters, the Mujahideen, who are fighting the Soviets in the Soviet-Afghan War." ( Obviously, the last part needs to be changed a little - something about Georgian Freedom fighters might work )




(general plot shamelessly stolen from Wikipedia - making us all dumber, one link at a time - but if they get a foreign policy from Wikipedia I can get a movie plot).

[Vinca]

52. So call up the private jet and go get him or STFU.

You've got a moose hunter now, she ought to be able track him.:rofl:

[damntexdem]

54. And McSame will go right off to Viet Nam to do it, too!

;-)

[krabigirl]

55. zzzzzzzzzzzzz

[BadgerKid]

56. McAhab didn't get IWR right.

Where was his refusal to support that, if he believed it correct to go to the border area? Don't he dare tell us this only two months out from the elections.

Edit: decided to add the Moby Dick reference.

[Danmel]

57. If he knew how to do it

Why didn't he tell Bush?

[pinniped]

58. Ya, I bet this delusional old fool could whip him in his sleep.

The bullshit administration has for the past seven years failed to capture Osama, who is believed somewhere in the tribal areas along the Pak-Afghan border.

Leave it up to these repukes pieces of shit to nauseously play up the osama card.

60 fucking years from now these stupid fucks will still be chasing the boogeyman's shadow.

Osama would probably be about 120 years old, making him the world's oldest man.

These idiots can catch him when the Guiness Book of World Records interviews him for his entry.

Pretty amazing, six billion fucking people on this planet and only HE could catch the boogeyman.

[Zorra]

59. Sorry, gramps. Knowing how to get captured is not the same as knowing how to capture. n/t

[dysfunctional press]

60. john's going to do a halo jump over the peshwar province- clutching a commando knife in his teeth...

and a .45 in each hand, he'll get the drop on bin laden, and drag him to justice by his beard.

either that or he'll just talk him into surrendering at ken lay's next wine & cheese party.

[ohio2007]

62. Better get a bigger shovel if you want to dig up OBL

Others have tried and failed

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8105709395775858867

You can't change peoples thinking

[mbperrin]

65. Who are they talking about? Bin Laden? Never heard of 'im.

Hey, wait, is he that guy that George kisses? No, that's not right, some other guy.

Ah well, what's the fuss? We've gotta get these Iranians in line!!!!

(If you need the sarcasm tag, you're not paying attention.)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

66. McCain really thinks we're dumb, doesn't he?

He actually had more power as a Senator. Why didn't he put something together while he was in Congress for the last however long and make sure we were actively looking for this idiot? Oh that's right. As long as he's out there, there is a bogeyman and it makes it easier to control people. He's such a bullshitter.
Duckie

[RagAss]

67. Does this Asshole think we're all retarded????

[Occulus]

68. All he can do is capture Osama?

Badly written headline.

[FrenchieCat]

69. He knows how to do it?

What kind of an answer is that? :wtf:

[FloridaJudy]

70. John, I have news for you

Capturing a terrorist requires intelligence, in both senses of the word. You're not going to be able to do it if you and your buddies are outing the very CIA agents responsible for uncovering information, because you don't like the facts. Or firing the few experts in Middle Eastern languages we have working for us because you don't care for their sexual orientation.

But if you think you can do it by charging into Tora Bora brandishing a machine gun like Rambo, be my guest.

[graywarrior]

72. So he'd continue to put the US at risk now so he can win an election

rather than share his expertise with the losers in the WH. He's a fucking liar and an enabler to a group of mass murderers.