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IDemo

(16,926 posts)
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 06:17 PM Sep 2014

McCain Rips Obama’s Failure to Bomb Stonehenge

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) blasted President Obama on Saturday for failing to bomb Stonehenge while in the United Kingdom for the NATO summit.

“This is a time when it’s important to send our enemies the message that the United States is strong,” McCain told Fox News. “I can think of no better way to do that than by blowing Stonehenge off the map.”

McCain said that he was “astounded” by Obama’s reluctance to order airstrikes on the ancient monument. “He had a clean shot at Stonehenge, and he blinked,” he said.

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/mccain-rips-obamas-failure-bomb-stonehenge?utm_source=tny&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=borowitz&mbid=nl_Borowitz%20%28117%29&CUST_ID=16449100&spMailingID=7055500&spUserID=NzA5MDgxNTQ3NDAS1&spJobID=520649106&spReportId=NTIwNjQ5MTA2S0

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McCain Rips Obama’s Failure to Bomb Stonehenge (Original Post) IDemo Sep 2014 OP
No need to bomb it back to the Stone Age. It's already there (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #1
had to check to make certain it was borowitz or the Onion. with that hate-filled old crank, niyad Sep 2014 #2
Yep Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2014 #3
Bwah-HAH!1 n/t UTUSN Sep 2014 #4
He has no room to talk. We know who McCain likes anyway: freshwest Sep 2014 #5
woa. photo-ops with ISIS. BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2014 #8
More pics. moondust Sep 2014 #9
So, could we then say that McCain was "palling around with terrorists?" locdlib Sep 2014 #13
Kinda looks that way. moondust Sep 2014 #15
When you have to do your own research to confirm it is a joke you know McCain is insane. EEO Sep 2014 #6
Touche' . . . another_liberal Sep 2014 #7
Well, Pagans are decidedly UnAmerican. 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #10
And he'll yell at it to get off the grass! calimary Sep 2014 #12
Andy Borowitz!!!! calimary Sep 2014 #11
An easy way to tell this is satire Jim Lane Sep 2014 #14

niyad

(112,424 posts)
2. had to check to make certain it was borowitz or the Onion. with that hate-filled old crank,
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 07:04 PM
Sep 2014

it is getting harder and harder to tell.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
5. He has no room to talk. We know who McCain likes anyway:
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 07:41 PM
Sep 2014

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Here’s A Picture Of John McCain Hanging Out With ISIS Freedom Fighters In 2013

by Doktor Zoom - Jun 26, 2014

So here’s a heck of a thing: Back in May 2013, Forever Warmonger John McCain was really excited about the prospects of arming the Syrian moderates who were fighting to free that country from the iron grip of Bashar al-Assad. He even sneaked into the country to meet with the head of the Free Syrian Army, Gen. Salim Idris, the fellow in the striped shirt there (Idris was ousted in February of this year).

Only one small problem with the little photo-op: In addition to Idris, some of the other guys in the pic are apparently members of a slightly less “moderate” group: ISIS, the guys who are currently bringing down Iraq, and the photo is reportedly being circulated by ISIS as proof of their legitimacy. Oops.

And this is where you may want to get your skeptic hat on: The initial source for that claim appears to be righty blog WeaselZippers (they don’t cite a source), and so far, most of the reposts have been wingnut blogs trumpeting it as “proof” that there’s no such thing as a “moderate Muslim.” Even so, we’re happy to pass it along, if for no other reason that it’s yet more evidence that John McCain loves him some military intervening, regardless of who it is that we’re intervening for, just as long as we’re bombing somebody.

And if you’d like a more nuanced look at McCain’s love for whover he thinks is the enemy of our enemy, go take a look at this piece at the Atlantic, which frankly just left us thinking what a wonderful can of worms America opened when it “liberated” Iraq.”


http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/06/isis-saudi-arabia-iraq-syria-bandar/373181/

http://wonkette.com/552931/heres-a-picture-of-john-mccain-hanging-out-with-isis-freedom-fighters-in-2013

Gratuitous pic:



'Oh, Daddy, that big black man, uh, bad man, Obama was so mean to me!'

locdlib

(176 posts)
13. So, could we then say that McCain was "palling around with terrorists?"
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 09:27 PM
Sep 2014

Yet Grumpy keeps getting elected time after time after time . . .

EEO

(1,620 posts)
6. When you have to do your own research to confirm it is a joke you know McCain is insane.
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 07:47 PM
Sep 2014

Only a matter of time until Stonehenge is on his list of things to wave his fist at.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
14. An easy way to tell this is satire
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 09:57 PM
Sep 2014

In real life, McCain would feel nothing but empathy for a broken-down old ruin that's long past its prime.

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