McCain har gärna trupp i Irak "i 100 år till"

Den republikanske amerikanske presidenkandidaten John McCain framstår alltmer som den minst opportunistiske kandidaten. Det har han väl egentligen varit länge, även om han gav efter för den lokala Iowa-lobbyn i någon bidragsfråga häromdagen.

McCain kan också tänka sig att militären stannar "i tusen år" eller "en miljon år". Och visst har han rätt. USA är det som stabiliserar Irak nu, och att dra sig ur nu vore katastrof.

After the event ended, I asked McCain about his "hundred years" comment, and he reaffirmed the remark, excitedly declaring that U.S. troops could be in Iraq for "a thousand years" or "a million years," as far as he was concerned. The key matter, he explained, was whether they were being killed or not: "It's not American presence; it's American casualties." U.S. troops, he continued, are stationed in South Korea, Japan, Europe, Bosnia, and elsewhere as part of a "generally accepted policy of America's multilateralism." There's nothing wrong with Iraq being part of that policy, providing the government in Baghdad does not object.

Läs mer: MotherJones Blog: McCain in NH: Would Be "Fine" To Keep Troops in Iraq for "A Hundred Years"