McCain ‘promises’ to get bin Laden — with ‘people who can swim in the water’

[babylonsister]

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/15872.html#more-15872

McCain ‘promises’ to get bin Laden — with ‘people who can swim in the water’
Posted June 14th, 2008 at 9:40 am


I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen a presidential candidate who tries this hard not to be taken seriously.

“I will look you in the eye and promise you that I will get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice,” McCain said in response to a direct question from one of the 2,000 people in attendance at the college’s Pemberton campus gym.

McCain said the key to ending the long search for bin Laden was to increase the number of human spies abroad.

“We need better human intelligence. We need people who can swim in the water,” McCain said.

I see. First, I’m pretty sure that plenty of Americans, both in the military and in intelligence gathering, have learned to “swim in the water.”

Second, if reports are accurate, bin Laden is in the mountains between Pakistan and Afghanistan. As far as I can tell, there are very few bodies of water, so swimming spies may have limited value.

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I’m curious, how dumb does John McCain think we are?

McCain added that he has his “own ideas” about capturing bin Laden, but it would “require implementation of certain policies and procedures that only as the president of the United States can be taken.”

But if there are “certain policies and procedures” that could lead to OBL’s capture, and a president could implement those policies and procedures now, why wouldn’t McCain stop by the Oval Office for a chat with the Commander in Chief about how best to proceed?

By McCain’s own reasoning, it sounds like he’d rather let bin Laden remain free for another seven months, until McCain and his “own ideas” can get to work. And then McCain can deliver on his “promise,” by utilizing “people who can swim in the water.”

The mind reels.

[ladjf]

1. Oh no. Here we go again with the Bin Laden scam.

[Edweird]

2. There is no "swimming in the water". He is talking about VERY insular

and tightly woven communities. Very difficult under any circumstances, and effectively impossible at this time.

[opihimoimoi]

3. McNemic is so enemic his brain has turned to mush....WTF? Swimmers?

Is this our next Leader? I certainly hope NOT....

Clutching at Straws Time....Drowning and Desperate....

[BrotherBuzz]

4. I have to give him half credit for at least trying...

after all the mighty Wurlitzer has been telling us things are going swimmingly in Afghanistan.

[BlooInBloo]

5. Navy SEALs RAWK!!!!

:rofl:

[think4yourself]

6. LMMFAO

Bin Laden has been dead since 2002.

This is all they have and America ain't buyin' it no more.

[Xipe Totec]

7. To sail in those waters, you need these ships