John McCain Quotes About War

Quotes about: War

• War is awful. Nothing, not the valor with which it is fought nor the nobility of the cause it serves, can glorify war. War is wretched beyond description and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality. Whatever is won in war, it is loss the veteran remembers.

  John McCain

  War, Loss, Reality

  "Mark Shields: A much different war for a changed nation", www.cnn.com. September 16, 2002.

• Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war.

  John McCain

  War, Fool, Tough

  "Talk of War and Family Highlights McCain’s Kickoff Commercial" by Julie Bosman, www.nytimes.com. June 7, 2008.

• 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.

• Vladimir Putin is a war criminal.

  John McCain

  War, Criminals, Putin

• We need not risk our national honor to prevail in this or any war.

  John McCain

  War, Risk, Honor

  "Legal View With Ashleigh Banfield", www.cnn.com. December 9, 2014.

• 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.

• But we have a war of ideals and ideas, and that is to sell democracy.

  John McCain

  War, Ideas, Historical

  "Newsweek Quran story prompts policy review", www.cnn.com. May 17, 2005.

• I'm as frustrated with the French, I think, as anyone, but look, there's going to be other challenges and there are going to be other issues. As long as there's a war on terrorism going on, we're all going to have to work together.

  John McCain

  War, Thinking, Issues

• I observed a thousand acts of courage, compassion and love [as a POW] and I will always treasure that memory above all others.

  John McCain

  Memories, War, Compassion

• As long as there is a war on terrorism going on, we're all going to have to work together.

  John McCain

  War, Long, Working Together

• Iraq is now the central front in the war against al-Qaeda.

  John McCain

  War, Iraq, Als

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. September 16, 2007.

• 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.

• There's going to be other wars. I'm sorry to tell you, there's going to be other wars. We will never surrender, but there will be other wars.

  John McCain

  Sorry, War, Surrender

  "McCain Warns: 'There Will Be Other Wars'". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2008.

• Reducing military presence has never in history won a war.

  John McCain

  Military, War, Reducing

• I think that Donald Rumsfeld will go down in history as one of the worst secretaries of defense in history. We are paying a very heavy price for the mismanagement - that's the kindest word I can give you - of Donald Rumsfeld, of this war.

  John McCain

  War, Thinking, Giving

  "McCain: Rumsfeld Was One of the Worst". www.washingtonpost.com. February 20, 2007.

• When you have airplanes with precision weapons, striking hospitals in Aleppo and slaughtering innocent men, women and children, you're committing a war crime. So we need more sanctions against Russia. We should not relax them.

  John McCain

  Children, War, Airplane

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• 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.

• I put the Vietnam War behind me a long time ago, and what I wanted to (do) among other things was help veterans also be able to come all the way home as some of our veterans have not been able to do. But I harbor no anger nor rancor. I'm a better man for my experience, and I'm grateful for having the opportunity of serving.

  John McCain

  War, Grateful, Home

• Europeans are greater than they have been since any time since the end of the Cold War.

  John McCain

  War, Cold, Ends

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• Giving peace a chance only gives Saddam Hussein more time to prepare for war on his terms, at a time of his choosing, in pursuit of ambitions that will only grow as his power to achieve them grows.

  John McCain

  War, Ambition, Giving

  "Senate approves Iraq war resolution". www.cnn.com. October 11, 2002.

• I know what war's like. I know what scene's like.

  John McCain

  War, Scene, Knows

  "Bill Moyers talks with Jon Stewart". "Bill Moyers Journal", www.pbs.org. April 27, 2007.

• War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.

  John McCain

  Peace, War, Reality

  John McCain's Speech to the American Red Cross "Promise of Humanity" Conference, www.mccain.senate.gov. May 6, 1999.

• I guarantee you, as president of the United States, I know how to heal the wounds of war, I know how to deal with our adversaries, and I know how to deal with our friends.

  John McCain

  War, President, Heal

  Source: www.nytimes.com

• Both candidates in this election [2004] pledge to end this war and bring our troops home. The great difference - the great difference is that I intend to win it first.

  John McCain

  War, Home, Winning

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

• I would never want to see myself viewed as beating the drums of war, ... but I would rather live with that image than look into the mirror and see a member of Congress who failed to do his duty.

  John McCain

  War, Mirrors, Looks

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