Fantastic to see John McCain, whom ever since escaping from a tiger cage as a POW in 'Nam has never seen a war that he thought would be a good idea to stay out of, playing games on his iphone during the hearings:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...aring/2761445/
All this on the heels of Kerry now proclaiming that the unsubstantiated reports of WMD's....err....Chemical Weapons - are not as important a reason to invade as is our "credibility"
>>>It matters because a lot of other countries, whose polices challenges these international norms, are watching. They are watching. They want to see whether the United States and our friends mean what we say. It is directly related to our credibility and whether countries still believe the United States when it says something. They are watching to see if Syria can get away with it, because then maybe they too can put the world at greater risk.<<<
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...ement/2749051/
He has also eluded to and opened the door for the US to deploy ground troops, and then quickly backpedaled when he quickly noticed the expressions on the faces of the members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...nd-troops.html
>>>"I don't want to take off the table an option that might or might not be available to a president of the United States to secure our country," he said.
Mr Kerry's comment was immediately picked up on by Senator Robert Menendez, his predecessor as the committee chair, who said the American people saw the issue of ground troops as an "overriding issue".
The secretary of state was also criticised by Senator Bob Corker, the committee's leading Republican, who said the answer was not "very appropriate"<<<
What country did I wake up in?