Gloria Steinem, Wes Clark shrug at McCain’s military service

Hey, remember how four years ago, we needed a veterinarian at the top of the ticket because only people who had seen the horrors of war could appreciate the human cost of sending men into battle? Late-breaking caveat: Having seen the horrors of war is not as valuable experience-like collection of essays White House china pattern. It would be a man who has Waffles explicitly approved in 2004, on the basis of his military service really the courage to try this double standard towards all men, John McCain? I believe that:

In the business of national security, the question is, do you have - when you have served in uniform, it really has the experience to make decisions at the top, which should be done? Everybody admires John McCain's service as a fighter pilot, his courage as a prisoner of war. There is no problem. It 'a great man and an honest man. But having served as a fighter pilot - and I know that my experience as a company commander in Vietnam - that is not preparing to be the commander-in-chief, in terms of dealing with national strategic issues involved. It may give you a sense of what the troops are going through in this process, but does not give you the first-hand experience of the national strategic issues.

If you look at what Hillary Clinton has done during his time as First Lady of the United States, his trip to 80 countries, representing his us abroad, his more years in the Senate, I believe that you are the most experienced and capable person in the race, not only for representation are abroad, but to cope with the difficult issues of national security.

Mind you, this is the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee was talking about. Greenwaldian consider a revision of chickenhawk meme, one that has been in the works since updated on the left, which would not have a veterinarian on top of the ticket this time, while the GOP may very well: 'S military service, which is not important , is the right kind of military service. The Christmas in Cambodia.

At least Clark admits the validity of some type of service. Question: What is more impressive, with the routine bastinadoing from North Vietnamese for five years - or Corsican Bill Clinton, Secretary? Have you guessed wrong.

And she argued that if Clinton experience as First Lady were taken seriously in connection with his White House bid, people could "finally admit that, for example, of being a secretary is the best way to learn your boss labour to beyond ".…

"Suppose that John McCain was Joan McCain and Joan McCain had captured, shot down and was a POW for eight years. [The media ask], 'What have you done wrong to get caught? What terrible things you did while you were there as a prisoner for eight years? ' "Steinem said, to laughter from the audience.

McCain was, in fact, a prisoner of war for about five and a half years, during which he was tortured repeatedly. Referring to his time in captivity, puzzled Steinem said, "I mean, hello? This is meant to be a qualification to be president? I do not think so."…

"I am so grateful that it [Clinton] has not been trained to kill anyone. And she probably did not even play war games as a child. 'A great relief by Bush in his suit and jump from Kerry saluting."

Follow the link to in-depth, um, gynocide. " Anyone here think, among other things, that a woman soldier who survived internment in McCainian conditions to be treated worse by the media of McCain has been, particularly in the light of the way the saga of Jessica Lynch has been handled? No matter hard news treatment; how many episodes of Oprah will be devoted to this? Barbara Walters special? Beyond that, it is ignorance of Steinem's McCain's trial affected, she thinks, or original? The credentials that provides character does not lie in the fact that he took a beating, but that he was not necessary, but preferred it to his father, using the credentials to go out of jail free, while other children remained behind. Death before dishonor, literally.

And he adds: Hillary Clinton five years, the Armed Services Committee, less than a quarter of the term of John McCain, who has been on the panel since 1987. Not only did not and has never served the army, nor her husband, whose administration is supposed infused with all this military readiness. Strategic in terms of experience, which is what the ASC addresses, McCain runs laps around Hillary Clinton.

Furthermore, it is not as if John McCain sat in silence in the Senate on foreign policy and national security. As he observes sometimes ad nauseam, McCain came out early to request a change in post-invasion strategy and tactics in Iraq. He understood that the nature of conflict had changed to a counterinsurgency strategy and envision the need to drive.

What did to Hillary Clinton to show his skill led military? He called General David Petraeus a liar to his face when he reported improvements in Iraq. To date, it has refused to apologize for it, despite Petraeus proved to be correct and the sharp decline in violence and a return to normalcy in Baghdad and Anbar. This type of treatment certainly something to signals current military commanders, but not the kind of leadership in which we can have confidence.

Release questions from AP and Ed: This will make for a nice pair of titles for Hillary tomorrow, when you are trying to keep people focused on Big Tuesday, huh? And they are making these lame arguments for Hillary as C-in-C, one can imagine the silliness they offer on behalf of Barack Obama?