All McCain's Base Are Belong To Peace

A further thought on John McCain's "as long as our soldiers are not being wounded or maimed or killed" proviso to his Iraq forever policy. If we're so sure the soldiers aren't going to be in harm's way, then what's the base for? We're all very glad that our troops in South Korea aren't engaged in combat, but the point of having them there is that they might have to engage in combat. The hope is that they deter war with North Korea, but the risk is that they won't.

In McCain's world our troops need to continue fighting, killing, and dying in Iraq indefinitely in order to create a situation where, at some point, it becomes safe for them to stay in Iraq for no reason? It doesn't seem like he's genuinely thought this idea through. Maybe instead of lashing out at his critics, McCain should take some time to consider the issue and come up with a new position.