September 15, 2007

McCain: Steady Deterioration

"The distinguished strategist Ralph Peters summed up the state of affairs well in a column today, noting that Congress' failure to support General Petraeus, quote, would be a shame, since after nearly four years of getting it miserably wrong in Iraq, we're finally getting it right." [my emphasis]

I don't know what's more shocking, referring to Ralph Peters as "distinguished", or these wild rambings (Hat Tip: Cunning)? What happened to the Senator from Arizona?

Later, he says: "We cannot allow an Iranian-dominated Middle East to take shape in the context of wider war and terrorist safe havens. All of us, all of us want our troops to come home, but we should want them to return to us with honor, the honor of victory that is due all of those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice."

It will be difficult, I think, for Iran to dominate the Middle East simply if we gradually withdraw from Iraq. After all, there are regional powers like Saudi Arabia, Israel, Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan in the neighborhood too. This amateurish-like unseemly panic doesn't befit McCain, but there it is.