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发信人: beijingren (to thine own self be true), 信区: USANews
标 题: 战争狂人John McCain鼓吹战争的历史
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Jul 22 23:49:04 2017, 美东)
A History Of John McCain’s Calls For War
http://geopoliticsalert.com/history-john-mccain-war
Afghanistan and Iraq
Obviously every US senator (besides California’s Barbara Lee) voted to give
president George W. Bush the power to invade Afghanistan following the
events of September 11th. However, McCain wasn’t happy with just moving to
invade Afghanistan. No, he had other targets on his mind as early as the day
after the towers fell.
Despite McCain’s claim in 2014 that “the Iraq war probably wouldn’t have
happened” if he had won the 2000 Republican primary and then general
election, this assertion seems ridiculous. On September 12th 2001, McCain
appeared on MSNBC presenting a long list of countries he felt were providing
a “safe harbor” to groups like al Qaeda. This list of course included
Iraq and several other countries that appear later on this list.
Syria
Another country on that 2001 list (of course) was Syria. Now, the Bush
regime may have never gotten a chance to continue toppling Mideast countries
(thanks to the failure in Iraq and the exposure of that war being sold on
lies). But McCain seemingly never lost sight of his hatred for Bashar Al-
Assad.
Shortly after the Arab Spring “broke out” in Syria, McCain – and his
constant partner in war crimes Sen. Lindsey Graham – quickly found
communication channels with the “Syrian opposition.” Just a few short
months after the US endorsed protests in Syria (even having their ambassador
attend), McCain and Graham began calling for arms to start flowing to the
Free Syrian Army and other “rebel” groups.
Libya
McCain’s plans for Syria never quite worked the way he wanted but he
probably should’ve know they would never yield a positive result. If McCain
didn’t want to look at Iraq to prove that point, he had another more
recent example he could’ve used: the NATO intervention in Libya.
It was less than a year before McCain wanted to arm Syrian takfiris that he
had supported with the bombing and no fly zones in Libya. McCain even wanted
tougher actions against the country. Which has now become an anarchic Wild
West that’s home to all sorts of horrors from the Islamic State to a new
slave trade.
West and Central Africa
McCain is also a champion of the “war on terror” in other parts of Africa.
While McCain hasn’t directly supported terrorists in some countries in
Africa, he still has called for more US intervention across the continent.
This list includes countries dealing with Islamic insurgencies, such as Mali
. McCain has also called for plans like “deploying Special Forces” to
rescue girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria and intervention in Sudan,
where McCain and his wife have invested money for some time.
Iran
Another country on the list of hated nations originally put forth by Bush
undersecretary of defense Paul Wolfowitz, and also another long time target
of McCain, is of course Iran.
Although McCain has always said “he prays” there will never be at war with
Iran, the man constantly calls for it and even jokes about bombing the
country when he feels the mood is right. The truth of the matter is, McCain
’s positions towards Iran are so hostile that even flagship neoconservative
institutions like the Cato Institute think he is too hawkish.
Bosnia and Kosovo
But McCain isn’t satisfied with just backing salafi jihadists in the
traditional Middle East and North African theaters. He’s also backed
violent radicals across the fringes of Europe. This trend really started in
the mid 1990’s when McCain was a vocal supporter of then president Bill
Clinton’s war in Bosnia.
Many of the Muslims traveling to Bosnia joining the mujahideen there have
joined groups like IS in recent years. And IS flags can occasionally be seen
in the Sunni areas of Bosnia now. McCain was still backing potential
takfiri movements, recently accusing Russia of interfering in local affairs,
and calling for more US intervention in the country.
McCain made similar decisions when he advocated US intervention in Kosovo in
the late 90’s. In the Kosovo conflict, McCain backed the Kosovo Liberation
Army: a genocidal jihadist organization with ties to Al Qaeda under Osama
Bin Laden.
Ukraine
Don’t be fooled into thinking that McCain only supports jihadists in
Eastern Europe though! He also backs the overt Nazis acting as death squads
for Kiev in the ongoing Ukrainian conflict.
This of course started in 2014, but McCain has continued to pledge support
for Kiev’s crimes in the Donbass region to this day. This is all par for
the course in McCain’s larger theme of challenging Russia– the country he
believes controls the separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Russia
The story of McCain’s hatred of Russia spans back to the Cold War. We won’
t get into McCain’s fear of communism that’s evolved into just general
Russophobia. But we will say he didn’t have many excuses to focus on making
threats towards Moscow for a good 15-20 year stretch.
This changed in 2008, with the war in South Ossetia between Georgia and
Russia. During this conflict McCain was the loudest voice saying the US “
should immediately call a meeting of the North Atlantic Council to assess
Georgia’s security and review measures NATO can take to contribute to
stabilizing this very dangerous situation.”
This same situation repeated in Ukraine in 2014 but McCain’s worst comments
came this year. As soon as the US Intelligence Community’s accused Russia
of interference in the 2016 US elections– and without any evidence– McCain
was first to say the event was an “act of war.”
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DRPK/North Korea) was also an
early target of McCain’s making his September 12th wish list. More recently
though, the restyled “Trump opponent” McCain was all-in on the new regime
’s saber rattling. Calling on Trump to strike the nuclear armed country.
Bonus: China
China is kind of in its own class with McCain, who’s made strange vague
threats towards the country in the past. Such as “the Arab spring is coming
to China,” whatever that means. China may be a target on the periphery for
McCain but he does still encourage antagonizing the country to this day.
Calling for things like more “freedom of navigation drills” and other
naval exercises in the South China Sea. | b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 2 War is a racket.
Rot in Hell, John. | b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 3 The millions that have died as a direct result of McCain's insanity are
silencing cheering for his demise, if for no other reason than to torment
him for eons once he reaches the other side... | b********n
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