MC CAIN LACKS COMBAT SAVVY

Over the weekend, John McCain called on Senator Obama to accompany him to Iraq supposedly to "teach him something about Iraq".

This is in the simplest terms nothing more than McCain trying to grandstand on his Military experience. This nonsense is a crass attempt at politicizing a dangerous combat environment for personal benefit.. grabbing for straws at a time his campaign is floundering in special interests and unscrupulous characters.

In truth it shows McCain does not have a significant grasp of the combat experience. The confines of a POW don't really expose you to the operational issues of combat. Mc Cain has never been in a ground operation where he was responsible for management of the chaos associated with enemy forces. If he had an understanding of combat he would never place our troops in the position of having to provide a secure zone for two presidential candidates to meet with a couple of generals. These type of high value targets would encourage what we already know to be a suicidal force to mount an attempt to kill Obama and McCain. If a serious assault was mounted, the cost to our men could be high to protect these two men. Now is there any serious person that thinks it is wise to add these risks to our warriors who are already at risk. And all of this would be for pure political nonsense on the part of a Senator who claims he understands war and combat. Since he spent his war in a prison camp, it might be wise for him to talk to those of us that were in combat with the NVA and Viet Cong.

It seems to me what we need is leadership that has a measured approach to the role of the Commander In Chief, clearly Obama over the time he has been on the national scene continues to show the wisdom and strength to use our armed forces in an intelligent and considered manner. McCain appears to like the Bush, grandstand approach to the use of our warriors.... to date he and Bush are losing two wars and not making our borders any safer.

The interesting part of this game Mc Cain is playing is, these two generals were in hearings in the Senate just a few days ago and it is clear the positions they have taken on Iraq and the Afgan conflicts are more aligned with Senator Obama's position than the McCain position.