Sen. McCain

I watched Sen. McCain's talk today on his economic plan and say that I agree with what he says about cutting spending and corporate greed. I was a fan of Sen. McCain and Dole prior to the W. Bush administration. I might even be tempted to vote for Sen. McCain if it wasn't for his continuing to provide welfare to defense contractors. Unfortunately, one of the biggest spending costs of this nation is the Iraq War so I am not sure how much he can save on spending while still prolonging the Iraq War. I urge him to get with experts on counterinsurgency to give him the facts on the the likelihood of us ever winning the Iraq War. Most people in the military only understand conventional warfare so his knowledge of war and security is based on that. We are living in a period of unconventional warfare, because most countries do not have the manpower and technology to face the United States in open, conventional warfare. They will continue to fight for their country in ways they have a better chance of winning, and that is with unconventional warfare. While the Army Special Forces are experts at unconventional warfare at the small, tactical level. We sent so many Army Special Forces soldiers to Vietnam but still had no chance of winning. In fact, many of those soldiers lost their lives. They are not the cure all for all insurgency problems when other factors cannot be controlled. Sen. McCain needs to speak with counterinsurgency experts at the macro, or country level, to see what it would take to win this War and I tell you, it is no cake walk.