For years John McCain has struggled to come up with a claim about Iraq that has any validity to it. It’s almost like it’s been some kind of contest between John McCain, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney to see who could make the most boneheaded claims. So far, it appears to be a three-way tie.
Apparently John McCain is now moving away from the “claiming” end of the Iraq quagmire discussion and is now moving in the direction of actual strategy development for the military commanders on the ground. In military circles, it’s quite rare for a former Navy pilot to claim expertise in ground combat, but John McCain doesn’t seem phased by that fact. Besides, he’s sinking like a rock in the polls and he needs a game-changer.
As he convened the press to unfurl his new ground combat strategy, he commented on a primary objective, the reduction of troop casualties. According to McCain, he feels Americans will be much more willing to allow the war to continue for 100+ years if we can reduce, or eliminate American casualties. It was that thought that guided him through the development of his new ground combat plan. He also expressed a belief that his new strategy might yield, as a side benefit, an economic stimulus to our tanking economy, at least for residents of west Texas and some parts of Florida, where’s now losing.
Senator McCain proposed placing a bounty on armadillos with the expectation of rounding up thousands of the mammals for training at the Army post at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. He observed that the mammals are already heavily armored and have a pre-disposition for digging, which could yield a double use. First, he explained that armadillo handlers could dispatch a unit of armadillos, trained to sniff out explosives, to serve as an advance column for our troops. Once an IED is detected, the armadillo could simply be commanded to commence digging until an explosion rendered the IED neutral.
McCain also felt the armadillos could perform an invaluable service in the deadly missions of ferreting out insurgents. As he explained it, when our troops encountered an insurgent stronghold, instead of entering and engaging the enemy, the armadillo handlers could command a unit comprised of multiple armadillos with explosive devices secured on their backs, to enter the structure. From a safe distance, once the armadillo squad was in place the explosives could be detonated electronically creating only the need for clean-up squads.
John McCain indicated he believed there was an ample supply of armadillos in the wild and a modest bounty would generate enthusiasm from the growing number of jobless individuals willing to start the round-up, insuring a large enough cadre to perform the described missions on an on-going basis.
He also unveiled his name for this new military unit. He referred to them as ArmyDillos.
Apparently John McCain is now moving away from the “claiming” end of the Iraq quagmire discussion and is now moving in the direction of actual strategy development for the military commanders on the ground. In military circles, it’s quite rare for a former Navy pilot to claim expertise in ground combat, but John McCain doesn’t seem phased by that fact. Besides, he’s sinking like a rock in the polls and he needs a game-changer.
As he convened the press to unfurl his new ground combat strategy, he commented on a primary objective, the reduction of troop casualties. According to McCain, he feels Americans will be much more willing to allow the war to continue for 100+ years if we can reduce, or eliminate American casualties. It was that thought that guided him through the development of his new ground combat plan. He also expressed a belief that his new strategy might yield, as a side benefit, an economic stimulus to our tanking economy, at least for residents of west Texas and some parts of Florida, where’s now losing.
Senator McCain proposed placing a bounty on armadillos with the expectation of rounding up thousands of the mammals for training at the Army post at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. He observed that the mammals are already heavily armored and have a pre-disposition for digging, which could yield a double use. First, he explained that armadillo handlers could dispatch a unit of armadillos, trained to sniff out explosives, to serve as an advance column for our troops. Once an IED is detected, the armadillo could simply be commanded to commence digging until an explosion rendered the IED neutral.
McCain also felt the armadillos could perform an invaluable service in the deadly missions of ferreting out insurgents. As he explained it, when our troops encountered an insurgent stronghold, instead of entering and engaging the enemy, the armadillo handlers could command a unit comprised of multiple armadillos with explosive devices secured on their backs, to enter the structure. From a safe distance, once the armadillo squad was in place the explosives could be detonated electronically creating only the need for clean-up squads.
John McCain indicated he believed there was an ample supply of armadillos in the wild and a modest bounty would generate enthusiasm from the growing number of jobless individuals willing to start the round-up, insuring a large enough cadre to perform the described missions on an on-going basis.
He also unveiled his name for this new military unit. He referred to them as ArmyDillos.
