John McCain Quotes About Enemies

Quotes about: Enemies

• Our enemies didn't adhere to the Geneva Convention. Many of my comrades were subjected to very cruel, very inhumane and degrading treatment, a few of them even unto death. But every one of us - every single one of us - knew and took great strength from the belief that we were different from our enemies, that we were better than them, that we, if the roles were reversed, would not disgrace ourselves by committing or countenancing such mistreatment of them.

  John McCain

  America, Enemy, Different

• Subjecting prisoners to abuse leads to bad intelligence, because under torture a detainee will tell his interrogator anything to make the pain stop. Second, mistreatment of our prisoners endangers U.S. troops who might be captured by the enemy – if not in this war, then in the next. And third, prisoner abuses exact on us a terrible toll in the war of ideas, because inevitably these abuses become public.

  John McCain

  Pain, War, Ideas

  "Fog Facts #2" by Larry Beinhart, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 13, 2005.

• We are Americans first, Americans last, Americans always... Let us argue our differences. But remember we are not enemies, but comrades in a war against a real enemy...

  John McCain

  Real, War, Differences

  John McCain's Speech at the Republican National Convention in New York City, New York, www.nytimes.com. August 30, 2004.

• I say to our enemies: We are coming. God may have mercy on you, but we won't

  John McCain

  Memorial Day, Enemy, May

• How does it make sense to remove an option, to tell your enemy before you go into a conflict, that you will not exercise whatever options are necessary in order to achieve victory?

  John McCain

  Exercise, Order, Enemy

  "Cohen: U.S. casualties likely in NATO campaign". www.cnn.com. April 15, 1999.

• While I support a more comprehensive bill and hope a more extensive package will eventually past the Senate, I also am a realist and know that we must not let the perfect bill be the enemy of real reform.

  John McCain

  Real, Past, Perfect

• I was an addict. That's why, ... I tell you, addiction is a very cunning enemy.

  John McCain

  Addiction, Enemy, Cunning

• You cannot tell the enemy you're going to leave and expect the enemy to not - and expect to succeed. I mean, that's just a fundamental of warfare.

  John McCain

  Mean, Enemy, Succeed

  "Sen. John McCain Talks Economy, Elections, Immigration". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. September 05, 2010.

• The abuse of prisoners hurts America's cause in the war on terror, endangers US service members who might be captured by the enemy, and is anathema to the values Americans have held dear for generations.

  John McCain

  Hurt, War, America

  "Above the rule of law" by Sidney Blumenthal, www.theguardian.com. August 4, 2005.

• ...(W)e lose when by official policy or by official negligence we allow, confuse or encourage our soldiers to forget . . . that which is our greatest strength: that we are different and better than our enemies.

  John McCain

  Soldier, Enemy, Different

• I am not haunted by memories of Vietnam. But I must admit I never thought we would again witness in my lifetime the specter of politicians picking targets and ruling out offensive measures in the absurd hope that the enemy would respond to our restraint by yielding to our demands.

  John McCain

  Memories, Enemy, Target

• [Hillary Clinton] was saying, "We never going to do anything in Iraq, we're not going to do anything in Syria." Enemies, do whatever you want. Continue the largest humanitarian crisis, 7 million people displaced refugees. Do all this. We're not going to do anything. That is the type of stuff that is been happening for the past 7 1/2 years under President [Barack] Obama.

  John McCain

  Past, Years, Iraq

  "Clinton, Trump square off in commander-in-chief forum". "Special Report" with Bret Baier, www.foxnews.com. September 8, 2016.

• As almost anyone with war experience knows, you're never supposed to show the enemy what you won't do to win.

  John McCain

  War, Winning, Enemy

  "Possible new Kosovo peace plan for European summit". www.cnn.com. April 14, 1999.

• What if there's another terrorist attack? I cringe at the ideas of our enemies watching this, knowing much like the president we have now. You can do anything you want, you can jerk us around, you can harass our naval ships the way Iran is doing right now, and we're not going to do anything. We're not going to react.

  John McCain

  Iran, Ideas, Knowing

  "Clinton, Trump square off in commander-in-chief forum". "Special Report" with Bret Baier, www.foxnews.com. September 8, 2016.

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