Perish The Thought, Johnny
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On 4/3/07 The NYTimes published an art-
icle by Kirk Semple relating details of John
McCain's excursion to Iraq.

This is a difficult blog to write having had
such reverence for the Senator. When we
disagreed it was not possible to write or
publicly discuss those disagreements.
Having spent 5 years in wartime service
myself his 5 years as a POW was always
in front of me.


When candidate George Bush, a tainted
imitation of a man, fathered those viscous
untruths about a genuine hero it foretold
(if Bush won) that America was in for a
bad time. We were perplexed when John
embraced Bush's candidacy and then his
presidency.

When Bush's war turned out to be the
most damaging decision of a lifetime, with
Senator John championing it, his follow-
ers were left dumbfounded.


But When John embraced the "surge" this
year with its probability of war and occ-
upation for many years to come it struck a
fatal wound in many an old and new sold-
ier's loyalties to Senator John.

After reading Kirk Semple's report my
head bowed in shame and embarrass-
ment for this very tired soldier. His
Americanism has been superseded by
legacyism, powerism and McCainism.
His plots and actions betray reasoning,
but plots and action portray thoughts
of the mind.

Please, Senator John, abandon this
political race. You are unable to com-
pete mentally, physically or mercilessly
so you must comply with a man who
could not be your dog-robber in your
prime.