Serious question. Why is McCain considered expert in foreigh policy?

[ncgrits]

Is there a real reason or is just more of the noise that passes for political commentary?
Where does this whole meme come from?

[d_b]

1. POW

[anonymous171]

2. Because he was a POW for 5 years. Why do you hate America?

[ncgrits]

6. It's not like he actually saw a lot of Hanoi. (I'm just a hater, I guess.)

[Sodan]

31. lol

[oldtime dfl_er]

3. Hey, he has a passport

anyway

[oviedodem]

4. I have asked that question numerous times and it comes down to:

Vietnam and the senate armed services

[FrenchieCat]

5. Cause he says it.....

That's why.

[Kingofalldems]

7. Cokie and the like declared him an expert

So he must be

[ncgrits]

15. That's actually what I figured.

[thepurpose]

8. Because the village loves the narrative they themselves have created. We are all idiots and should

just believe this horse shit.

[glowing]

9. For 26yrs he's told everyone he's an expert and that he's a POW.

Also, someone who went to a naval academy should have a clue or 2.. seeing how he barely managed to pass, tells me he didn't care to learn too much and thought he knew more and knew better.

[OwnedByFerrets]

10. Because he's a warmonger??

www.wearableartnow.com

[BlueIdaho]

11. Because he's had a chance to fuck so much of it up? nm.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

12. He was in the Navy and saw several countries from the deck of his ship

[Buck Rabbit]

13. Because he said so.

In reality he is an intellectually lazy self made moron, who knows next to nothing.

[saracat]

14. Because he worked with Clinton to normalize relations with Vietnam and has been in office a long

time and has made countless trips representing the Senate? Other than that, I don't know.

[Bucky]

16. twenty plus years on the armed services committee, several hundred votes on foreign policy

Numerous overseas trips to meet with dozens of foreign leaders, countless debates on foreign policy over the last 30 years in Congress....

He may be wrong on most of the issues, but you can't say it's from a lack of experience.

[saracat]

29. That is probably the best answer. Long on experiece but wrong on the issues.

[terrya]

17. I don't understand that myself.

It's not like he's gone out of his way to distinguish himself in foreign policy.

[Clio the Leo]

18. Because the guy he's running against is a foreign-born Muslim. ....

...... or some kinda BS like that.

Oh and also because Sarah's kid plays hockey.

[rucky]

19. Sorta the same way I became an Official Bikini Inspector. n/t

[1corona4u]

20. I don't know, but I guess we will all find out tonight

how full of shit he really is on that topic, because I suspect he's not an expert on it at all.

[depakid]

21. Because the corporate media says it over and over

so it has to be true.

[Whisp]

22. because he was in Vietnam. like Sarah can see Russia.

so any travel agent would be more qualified than the both of them.

[Olney Blue]

23. Because he can see Mexico from his house.

[Youphemism]

24. Because of his experience buying insurance policies for his imported cars. /nt

[Left Is Write]

25. He went to Viet Nam. He ate at International House of Pancakes.

What more do you need?

[rufus dog]

26. He crashed planes in foreign countries. n/t

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

27. POW. Career Navy. Long serving senator.

Crashing and being a POW doesn't really make you a better leader. His navy career(including Annapolis)was pretty lackluster. In the senate I can't think of too many initiatives that stand out except that he has completely neglected veterans. He also wants to stay in Iraq for a Brazilian years and thinks it might be worth it to go to war with Russia over Georgia.

[jberryhill]

28. Nothing, actually, but you are missing an essential point

We sent a lot of young men to Vietnam, so apparently this country is up to the gills in foreign policy experts.

You have to understand, to right-wingers "foreign policy" means "war".

They are so god-damned xenophobic that if you aren't ready to go to war with, who is it lately - Spain? - at the drop of a hat, then you just don't understand "foreign policy".

Ergo, if you flew over a country and dropped bombs on it, you have mojo "foreign policy" expertise.

[seabeyond]

30. cause he is old and was a pow. simple huh. n.t