Condolences to the family of John McCain.
Condolences also to the families of thousands of American soldiers, and tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis, Afghans, Yemenis, Syrians, Palestinians & others who might be alive today were it not for the votes, & actions, of John McCain.
Condolences also to the families of thousands of American soldiers, and tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis, Afghans, Yemenis, Syrians, Palestinians & others who might be alive today were it not for the votes, & actions, of John McCain.
John McCain was heroic in Vietnam, & endured horrific torture and human rights abuses. He then went onto support - agitate for! - countless human-rights-abusing wars, chief among them Iraq, as I explain in this piece about him & his 'myth, from July 2017:
theintercept.com/2017/07/27/joh…
theintercept.com/2017/07/27/joh…
To those of you predictably slamming me for the timing of these critical tweets, I refer you once again to my colleague @ggreenwald who rightly argued this in the Guardian in 2013:
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
"That one should not speak ill of the dead is arguably appropriate when a private person dies, but it is wildly inappropriate for the death of a controversial public figure, particularly one who wielded significant influence and political power." - @ggreenwald.
Seconded.
Seconded.
