Monday, March 24, 2008

McCain's 'Gaffe'

Early last week, John McCain made a 'gaffe' at a stop in Jordan in which he proceeded to suggest that Shiite dominated Iran was supporting the predominantly Sunni Al-Qaeda. McCain fumbles the connection and quickly retracts his statement once reporters pounce on the crucial 'misspeak'.

Watch here:


Fox News correspondent Brit Hume dismissed the 'gaffe' as a 'senior moment':


However, the day after the presidential nominee retracted the Iran - al-Qaeda connection as a simple slip of the tongue, his foreign policy advisor, Randy Scheunemann, is quoted in the NY Sun stating the following:

There is ample documentation that Iran has provided many different forms of support to Sunni extremists, including Al-Qaeda as well as Shi'ia extremists in Iraq. It would require a willing suspension of disbelief to deny Iran supports Al Qaeda in Iraq.


When asked about the connection between Al-Qaeda and Iran, senior military officials had very little evidence to support such a claim, stating, at best, "The supposition appears to be based on caches of Iranian made weapons found in areas where Al-Qaeda is known to operate."

This seems all too familiar...

Cheney on the Al-Qaeda - Iraq connection pre-invasion:


Bush took it a step further:


I find it quite scary that our potential president is suggesting the same false connections with regards to Iran that accelerated us into the absolute quagmire that is the War in Iraq. To make matters worse, the mainstream media is once again taking cues from politicians instead of fact checking politicians:

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