John McCain Quotes
In every conflict we make mistakes. The trick is to fix them.
Referring to the many mistakes made in the implementation and planning of the Iraq War.
John McCain, U. S. Senator (Republican, AZ), Republican Presidential Nominee, Interview, NBC Meet the Press, June 19, 2005
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Powell’s views and advice to the President regarding Iraq were diametrically opposite that of Vice President Cheney, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld and National Security Advisor Condy Rice. The President sadly rejected Powell’s advice. He was right, but he was also a trained professional staff man who maintains his loyalty and does not quit just because his advice is not taken. Many believe that if he had resigned in the political rather than military tradition, the nation might have been spared much of the loss and embarrassment the Iraq invasion and occupation cost us.
Ikle wrote this over a decade before both the military and civilian leaders fell into this trap in the 1994 Iraq War.
John Sidney McCain III was an American politician, statesman and United States Navy officer who served as a United States Senator for Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was the Republican nominee for president of the United States in the 2008 election, which he lost to Barack Obama.
