On winning a war

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The other day we referred to John McCain's claim that he knows how to win wars. We ridiculed the Senator for making such a stupid comment. There is nothing in his resume that would indicate he has a clue about "winning" a war.

But we neglected to point out something we have long believed: In a war there are no winners!

Howard Zinn of the Boston Globe reinforces that belief in an article titled "Memo to Obama, McCain: No One Wins in a War."

Here's part of what he has to say: "For someone like myself, who fought in World War II, and since then has protested against war, I must ask: Have our political leaders gone mad? Have they learned nothing from recent history? Have they not learned that no one 'wins' in a war, but that hundreds of thousands of humans die, most of them civilians, many of them children?"


Our response to that is, "Yes, our political leaders have gone mad."

President George W. Bush, who dodged his military commitment in a time of war (deserted?), may very well have been mad before he was selected to be president by the Supreme Court. Mr. Bush not only believes in war, he promotes war, and he goes out of his way to start wars.

He might feel differently if he actually had to fight in a war, but so long as he can order others to do his dirty work and die in the process, he'll continue to utilize war as a foreign policy weapon.

If Barack Obama really believes a war is "winnable," which I find hard to accept, then he, too, has the reek of insanity.

There is no question of McCain's madness, for he proclaims to the world he can "win" a war!


The lunatics, as they say, are running the asylum!

You can read Mr. Zinn's entire article here.