Jude writes...

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Fri Feb 4 03:52:34 PST 2000


On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Doug Henwood wrote:


> Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 15:07:51 -0500
> From: Jude Wanniski <jwanniski at polyconomics.com>

<snip>


> Personally, I would prefer Bush to McCain if I were forced to make
> that choice. I see McCain as the candidate of the military-industrial
> establishment, a man who always seems to choose force before
> diplomacy, and who enjoys the prospect of combat. His eagerness to
> bomb Yugoslavia and send in ground troops fixed him firmly in my mind
> as a man who belongs in the Senate, where there are 99 others to
> dilute his eagerness for battle.

Am I misremembering? I thought McCain was one of the few American politicians who opposed the bombing at first, and then later supported it on credibility grounds (i.e., once we had committed, we had to carry though, even though it was a bad idea in the first place -- the Kissinger maneuver).

Michael __________________________________________________________________________ Michael Pollak................New York City..............mpollak at panix.com



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