May 02, 2008
McCain Suggests Iraq War Is About Oil
At the conclusion of a town hall held this morning outside in Devner, John McCain decided to toss in a plug for his upcoming energy policy rollout. But as McCain decried the dangers of Americans reliance on foreign oil, he also seemed to suggest that this reliance caused the current struggle in Iraq.
"My friends, I will have an energy policy that we will be talking about, which will eliminate our dependence on oil from the Middle East that will - that will then prevent us - that will prevent us from having ever to send our young men and women into conflict again in the Middle East," McCain said.
This comment was initially prompted by a compliment from a military veteran who stated that he hoped a group called "Swift Boats for McCain come out and help" the GOP nominee. McCain then launched into an unprompted defense of the DNC campaign against him based on his 100-year statement.
"You have seen an ad campaign that is mounted against me that says I wanted to stay and fight in Iraq for 100 years," McCain said to a crowd at a Jewish Community Center. "My friends, it's a direct falsification, and I'm sorry that political campaigns have to deteriorate in this fashion because there's legitimate differences between myself and Senator Obama and Senator Clinton on what we should do in Iraq. After we win the war in Iraq ... then I'm talking about a security arrangement that may or may not be the same kind of thing we have with South - with Korea."
Of note -- McCain didn't object to the audience member's suggestion that a so-called 'swift boat' group help him win the presidency. Instead, he thanked the man for his good wishes and his military service.
(NBC/NJ's ADAM AIGNER-TREWORGY)
Posted at 02:26 PM
Comments
My friends. Bush went to war in Iraq because of Big Oil and large corporations. Anything for the big boys. I was born at night but not last night.
LeRoy Miller | 05.03.08 10:21 AM
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McCain is not saying we went to war in Iraq for OIL.
What McCain is saying is that not to develop a national energy policy that would put the US on a path toward energy independence is a recipe for future wars in the Middle East forcing the West to take control of the energy sources there that we are currently dependent on.
NYROUGHRIDER | 05.04.08 11:06 AM
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BULL... he did admit, though inadvertently tht the purpose of the bloody war in Iraaq was OIL. He did admit it...and thats it
jack | 05.06.08 01:40 PM
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BULL... he did admit, though inadvertently tht the purpose of the bloody war in Iraaq was OIL. He did admit it...and thats it
jack | 05.06.08 01:41 PM
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