McCAIN'S FATAL MISTAKE -- "OBVIOUSLY WE HAD TO TAKE SADDAM OUT

[Samantha]

He was threatening to disrupt the flow of Middle East oil."

Blood for oil, admitted John McCain, the sentence slipping so casually off his tongue it was almost not perceived. Tonight as we sit here on this discussion board, we think of all those who have lost sons, daughters, husbands, beloved friends on the earth in Iraq. We remember the massive demonstrations that happened before the war's inception with those carrying signs, "No Blood For Oil," who were so callously dismissed by the Bush* cabal.

Yet, tonight as our economy hangs precariously in the balance, our prestige is in the toilet, and the blood of those dispatched to Iraq still stains its earth, and will continue to do so until our troops come home, John McCain casually looked into the cameras filming the debate, and uttered the above statement.

It was a fatal mistake that was simply breathtaking.

Sam

[rzemanfl]

1. Actually he was talking about the first Gulf War, but the oil

statement was there. "Health of the mother" is going to do him in.

[Samantha]

4. We didn't take Saddam out in the first Gulf war

Why do you say that?

[Occam Bandage]

10. He was indeed referring to the first gulf war.

"Take Saddam out" was vague, and probably a slight misspeak; he probably meant something like "force Saddam out of Kuwait," but his Iraq War talking points crept in.

[Samantha]

16. My quote above is almost verbatim

So I do not understand why you say it was in connection with the First Gulf War. I didn't make that connection at all. The only time I heard that discussed was when McCain criticized Biden's foreign policy experience. He said he had voted against the First Gulf War. Other than that, I heard no mention of the First Gulf war.

[rzemanfl]

27. Correct. I think he even mentioned Kuwait, and if I gave a shit

about anything the winkin' blinkin' campaign said, I would consult a transcript.

[electron_blue]

2. ooh, I'd like to see a link to that. I missed it, despite watching most of the debate

Please let me know if you come across a link.

[Samantha]

6. I googled "obviously we had to take Saddam out"

and nothing came up. I know he said it, but it was so casual it seemed to go unnoticed. I thought it was a bombshell.

[Canuckistanian]

12. Here's a quote you should know

“Fuck Saddam. We’re taking him out.”

-G.W. Bush, 2002

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2835.htm

[bornskeptic]

19. Here's a link. The exact quote:

He voted against the first Gulf War. He voted against it and, obviously, we had to take Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait or it would've threatened the Middle Eastern world supply.


http://www.wkrg.com/politics/article/mccain_obama_last_debate_transcript/20026/

He was criticizing Biden for voting against the Gulf War.

[Samantha]

20. Yes, I said that upthread

I heard him throw that out against Biden. I did not hear "world" supply; I heard "oil" supply. I will try to catch the replay.

[XemaSab]

3. I SAW THAT!

I almost FORGOT! :o

[Samantha]

5. IT STUNNED ME

I came into my computer room to post it asap - to me it's over. Of course, I couldn't reconnect, so I wrote the words down so I would not forget them.

I said a few days ago on this site, in a thread I started, McCain was deliberately trying to throw this election. That thought caused a lot of controversy here. However, threw it tonight he did, whether accidental or deliberate it does not matter. This is a breathtaking admission, one that has been in controversy since the start of the war. McCain in effect said Obama was correct in opposing that war, that is if one has a philosophical problem with sending soldiers into war for oil, which some of us
do ....

Sam

[XemaSab]

11. He was talking about the FIRST GULF WAR!

Not the current Gulf War... the FIRST ONE! :o

[Samantha]

17. And you say this because...

?

[XemaSab]

21. I say this because

rehashing the FIRST GULF WAR? :o

[Samantha]

15. THANK YOU!

I guess that makes two of us! Could you believe it? And why is it not being discussed?

[faithfulcitizen]

7. I didn't hear that....good catch!

[Samantha]

9. It was a very quiet succinct statement

But that is almost verbatim what he said. "Obviously we had to take Saddam out, he was threatening to disrupt the flow of Middle East oil." It was staggering.

[willing dwarf]

24. Have they altered the transcript?

because reading it, McCain says "He (Biden) voted against the first Gulf War. He voted against it and, obviously we had to take Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait or it would've threatened the Middle Eastern world supply."

Taking Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait is pretty different from taking him out (in the Al Pacino sense of the term...)

But I wouldn't be surprised if that line was altered here to include "of Kuwait" just to neaten things up. I don't think the shadow powers behind the veil want such a sharp focus on the intention to keep the oil flowing.

[Canuckistanian]

8. Oil flowed freely under Saddam

The only thing was, the wrong people were profiting....

[Samantha]

14. I am not here to argue that point

I am sure you are correct. The only controversy I remember from the immediate pre-war days was Saddam's desire to trade in euros and the disruption that would have here in the United States.

My point is how could McCain make a statement like that casually and just as quickly move on to the next subject. It is a controversy that has raged since the war's inception, and he put the reason as to the why the war had to be waged to rest. As I said above, it was a mistake the magnitude of which stuns me.

[Barack_America]

13. Oh yeah. I caught that. It was shocking. nt

[steve2470]

18. k and r nt

[TheDonkey]

22. I liked how he sort of trailed off and whispered that. WHOOPS so much for energy-independence

[faithfulcitizen]

23. kick for morning peeps.

[Shanti Mama]

25. Gulf War I... very clearly about that

I was not shocked at all. I heard it. The full quote is posted already. It was not an admission of going to war IN Iraq for oil

[Magleetis]

26. I heard that

loud and clear.