McCain has totally lost his mind...

[Swede Atlanta]

66. I know you know but...

the U.S. Constitution confers on the Executive branch the power to conduct foreign policy, not the Legislative branch.

Obviously both Senators and Congressmen have been used over the years to assist with negotiations, etc. under the direction of the Executive branch. But for him to say he negotiated it without the Executive branch at the time taking action is a bit disingenuous.

Quite honestly I really don't care what happens in Iraq. I don't want the financial and personal costs (men and women killed or injured) to have been for nothing but I also don't want us to pour any more money or people down the rabbit hole.

If these two factions want to kill one another then so be it. I am tired of us coming to the rescue.

If the Republicans would stop fighting renewables we could wean ourselves off of fossil fuels at least to the extent the demand exceeds what we produce here in this hemisphere. Then the entire ME could go up in flames and we would not be affected. But Cheney and his buddies need to become richer and richer so we must continue to consume oil.