John McCain Will Monger Whatever War He Wants, However He Wants

The current administration's approach to launching the war in Iraq didn't do much to increase America's popularity in the world. Luckily, war hero candidate John McCain has pledged to handle things differently if and when he's pissed off enough to start another war. Um, or not…

The presumptive Republican nominee was asked at one of his signature "town-hall" styled campaign appearances in Westport, Conn., if he, as president, would reject "the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive war."

"I don't think you could make a blanket statement about pre-emptive war, because obviously, it depends on the threat that the United States of America faces," the senator from Arizona told his audience.

What about the blanket statement that "pre-emptive war ought never be undertaken without transparency and the support of elected officials in Congress"? What about that, sir?

McCain [noted] that he would consult more closely and carefully with Congress — "not with every member of Congress, but certainly the leaders of Congress."

Well, that's reasonable. We can't expect the man to consult with every member of Congress. There are, like, more than 500 of them, and as far as I know they don't have a way of gathering in one central location to discuss matters of national importance.

I guess as long as McCain checks in with four or five of them – maybe six, if we're talking about pre-emptive war against a really big country — that should be good.