"I will get Osama bin Laden, even if I have to follow him to the gates of hell."

[Tex]

I just heard this from John McCain on the radio. Again. It's a good one-liner. The first time.

Anyone heard McCain explain how he intends to "get" bin Laden in the "gates of hell"?

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Tex

I just heard this from John McCain on the radio. Again. It's a good one-liner. The first time.

Anyone heard McCain explain how he intends to "get" bin Laden in the "gates of hell"?

Emphasis on improved human intelligence.

[BYU71]

Originally Posted by Tex

I just heard this from John McCain on the radio. Again. It's a good one-liner. The first time.

Anyone heard McCain explain how he intends to "get" bin Laden in the "gates of hell"?

Obama is going to bring the troops home and also take care of Al Queda. He thinks his smooth talk express is going to go over good with the terrorists too.

Don't attack us, we are going to give you, free health care, $75 an hour jobs, summers off, build you Mosques on every block, a tax cut if you are middle class Al Queda, and promise 200,000 converts to the Muslim religion a year.

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by Tex

I just heard this from John McCain on the radio. Again. It's a good one-liner. The first time.

Anyone heard McCain explain how he intends to "get" bin Laden in the "gates of hell"?

He won't even go to Wyoming, so why would we expect him to go the gates of hell?

[Tex]

So I'll take it as a "no" ... no one has heard McCain explain how he plans to do this.

Just wanted to make sure I didn't miss it.

[DJRoss]

Originally Posted by BYU71

Obama is going to bring the troops home and also take care of Al Queda. He thinks his smooth talk express is going to go over good with the terrorists too.

Don't attack us, we are going to give you, free health care, $75 an hour jobs, summers off, build you Mosques on every block, a tax cut if you are middle class Al Queda, and promise 200,000 converts to the Muslim religion a year.

your sarcasm aside, I have wondered how successful Guantanamo would be if they had turned into a lavish hotel with the decadence of a wealthy life. No expense spared where the "prisoners" could live in luxury for a month or two and than have it all swept away one night where they are stripped naked and thrown into a hole where they get to stay. The issue would be to promise them more of the good life if they would just give up what they know. Longer play, and would be more expensive, but no one could ever say that we were torturing prisoners.

Have them watch every season of bay watch and other day time dramas. In stead of breaking their spirit, try and break their cultural spirit. Switch off the good life with showing them film footage of their terrorist buddies hunkered down in the desert while they enjoy a soft bed, good food, and lots of bikini clad images of a young Pamela Anderson.

[myboynoah]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Emphasis on improved human intelligence.

Granted, I'm not an insider on this, but I do have some idea how government works. After 9-11, Congress dumped millions of dollars, if not a billion +, on the CIA to improve intelligence in the very region in which Osama has holed up. That's always Congress' solution; throw money at it. Congressmen and Senators can then campaign on fighting terrorism.

My friends at the CIA told me that, under the gun to spend the money (budgeting is on an annual basis and you don't want to send money back), all sorts of interesting projects were funded. More importantly, life got a lot more comfortable (infrastructure upgrades, funding non-required benefits, etc.). In other words, while I'm sure much of the money actually made its way to financing real counter-terror operations, a lot of it didn't. Intelligence budgets are classified and it doesn't take much to snow congressional overseers.

So when McCain talks about enhancing human intelligence, I'd like to see an accounting of the billions we have already spent. He's the foreign policy/intelligence expert. That falls under his oversight.

That's just campaign drivel, and McCain knows it. Similar statements by Romney, Huckabee, and Rudy can be chalked up to wishful ignorance. But McCain, now that's real political garbage.

[NorCal Cat]

Originally Posted by Tex

So I'll take it as a "no" ... no one has heard McCain explain how he plans to do this.

Just wanted to make sure I didn't miss it.

Improving human intelligence is the answer he gave in one of the debates last weekend.

[NorCal Cat]

Originally Posted by Tex

I just heard this from John McCain on the radio. Again. It's a good one-liner. The first time.

Not sure how good of a line it is for a Presidential candidate, who isn't going to do anything but sit in the Oval Office while OTHERS go to the gates of Hell.

[Jeff Lebowski]

While he's at it, perhaps he can help OJ find Nichole's killer.