Comments on: John McCain Gets Hung Out To Dry On Iraq As The Scales Fall From Conservative Eyes http://themoderatevoice.com/19975/mccain-gets-hung-out-to-dry-on-the-iraq-war-as-scales-fall-from-conservative-eyes/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:33:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: ChrisWWW http://themoderatevoice.com/19975/mccain-gets-hung-out-to-dry-on-the-iraq-war-as-scales-fall-from-conservative-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-125709 ChrisWWW Thu, 29 May 2008 17:00:06 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/john-mccain/19975/mccain-gets-hung-out-to-dry-on-the-iraq-war-as-scales-fall-from-conservative-eyes/#comment-125709 PWT,<br>Dubya gleaned all the wrong lessons from history. PWT,
Dubya gleaned all the wrong lessons from history.

]]> By: PWT http://themoderatevoice.com/19975/mccain-gets-hung-out-to-dry-on-the-iraq-war-as-scales-fall-from-conservative-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-125704 PWT Thu, 29 May 2008 15:40:12 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/john-mccain/19975/mccain-gets-hung-out-to-dry-on-the-iraq-war-as-scales-fall-from-conservative-eyes/#comment-125704 If Gulf War I had given Bush Sr. so much political capital, he would have been a two term president. If Gulf War I had given Bush Sr. so much political capital, he would have been a two term president.

]]> By: kritt11 http://themoderatevoice.com/19975/mccain-gets-hung-out-to-dry-on-the-iraq-war-as-scales-fall-from-conservative-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-125703 kritt11 Thu, 29 May 2008 15:08:54 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/john-mccain/19975/mccain-gets-hung-out-to-dry-on-the-iraq-war-as-scales-fall-from-conservative-eyes/#comment-125703 McClellan's tell-all also reveals that Bush longed to be a wartime president, because he felt it would enhance his legacy. That to me is the true horror of the Bush presidency.We have seen other accounts that remind us of a younger George W. Bush's history of failure and substance abuse. Was the policy built even partially around this man's need for greatness?<br><br>I read once that a former Bush biographer claimed that he felt the first Gulf War had given his father political capital, which is another reason he wanted to be a wartime president. Is that why he made such a rash and ill-advised decision to invade the second time? McClellan's tell-all also reveals that Bush longed to be a wartime president, because he felt it would enhance his legacy. That to me is the true horror of the Bush presidency.We have seen other accounts that remind us of a younger George W. Bush's history of failure and substance abuse. Was the policy built even partially around this man's need for greatness?

I read once that a former Bush biographer claimed that he felt the first Gulf War had given his father political capital, which is another reason he wanted to be a wartime president. Is that why he made such a rash and ill-advised decision to invade the second time?

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