Is John McCain a flip flopper when it comes to troop support? He has a different stance than he used to have.

In 1993, Sen. John McCain led an effort to cut off funds immediately for military operations in Somalia after a firefight in Mogadishu killed 18 U.S. troops. The former prisoner of war in Vietnam brought a hush to the chamber floor when he asked what would happen if Congress failed to act and more Americans died. "On whose hands rest the blood of American troops? Ask yourself this question," said McCain dojo - so over 3000 soldiers deaths is not as relevant as 18??? Death is death regardless of the politics behind the war.

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1. ummm...this is called 'taking the circumstances of each situation into consideration'...separate conflicts require separation of thinking...wars and other forms of violent conflict are all very different in terms of the what, where, how, and why and they must be taken at whatever value is dictated by the time and circumstances. in other words, you can feel one way about one conflict, and a completely different way about another. what is so difficult in this concept?
2. I used to have much respect for Senator McCain, his lack of integrity and rhetoric he is now using to garner votes has removed my respect for him. Now he is just another lying republican Senator.
3. kkk
4. The difference is that during the problem in Mogadishu, we had a Democrat in the White House who had a proven record of not following through on anything and who had failed to spend the money that Congress had allcoated for the military, in order to artificially balance his budget and make himself look good at the cost of our security. I don't blame McCain for doing what he did then because nothing was going to motivate Clinton to get off the stick and do his job.
5. McCain has changed his opinion on so many things in the last seven years that it's ridiculous. I am not suprised at all by your quote, as his opinions on several "hot button" issues, including abortion, have all done a 180. Sadly, he's a politician, and he's doing what he's trying to do to win the presidency. In 2000, Bush was the "child of the establishment" and master of the "compassionate conservative" rhetoric. McCain came out as almost "anti establishment", more of a maveric. He counted on: - 8 years of a Democratic president reinforcing a more moderate thrust in the country - a "maveric" stance would win over more independents and maybe even some Democrats In 2007, he CAN'T be the maverick, because he's done an about face on some of his more dissenting opinions, and frankly, he's been "out-mavericked" by Guiliani, whose more moderate than anybody could HOPE to be.