Sunday, August 26, 2018
#JohnMcCain - ‘Patriot or warmonger?’ McCain’s track record comes under public scrutiny
Following the announcement of 81-year-old John McCain’s death, the public took to social media to express their condolences and share mixed feelings about the Republican’s life and deeds. Amid an endless outpouring of sympathies for the McCain family, some chose to challenge the massive praise McCain received posthumously.
In his 36 years of service in Congress, McCain had acquired a reputation as a maverick Republican who was not shy about throwing American troops in harm's way. Over the years, McCain advocated for military intervention in a number of countries including Bosnia, Kosovo, Georgia, North Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, and Mali.
This is a map from 2013 of the many countries where unrepentant warmonger John McCain had called for US military intervention:
- Syria
- Iraq
- Afghanistan
- Libya
- Kosovo
- Nigeria
- Bosnia
- North Korea
- Iran
- Russia
- Sudan
- Mali
- China motherjones.com/politics/2013/…
McCain also adamantly lobbied against Russia and China – policies which some Twitter users found confrontational and potentially disastrous.
Important visit with brave fighters in #Syria who are risking their lives for freedom and need our help
John McCain Dead at 81. RINO. War Hero, but War Monger. Worked with Hillary and Obama to Create ISIS. Somewhere he lost his way and gave himself over to the Globalist. These were his real friends in the photo. #JohnMcCain #Globalist #WarMonger
Calling him a ‘warmonger,’ some users recalled McCain’s rendezvous with Syrian militants and even accused him of conspiring “with Hillary and Obama to create ISIS.” Others directly accused the deceased senator of pursuing his ideals at the cost of entire nations and wanting “to wipe Syria, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, and Vietnam off the map.”
If you are a non-interventionist, you should already know that McCain was a war monger, in the pocket of military industrial complex and is responsible for hundreds of thousands of dead. He meddled for war in the Middle East and Ukraine. He was an evil, entitled, heartless man.
“If you are a non-interventionist, you should already know that McCain was a war monger, in the pocket of military industrial complex and is responsible for hundreds of thousands of dead. He meddled for war in the Middle East and Ukraine. He was an evil, entitled, heartless man,” one user tweeted.
Amid the torrent of praise from acting and former politicians as well as public figures, some people claimed that, while McCain was a useful “tool” of the GOP, his public image and policies nonetheless tarnished the entire Republican party’s reputation.
John McCain was a Judas Iscariot, a traitor, to the GOP. I’m sorry his family is in pain, but mhaopy he is no longer in the US Senate @LouDobbs @seanhannity
