HuffPo: McCain's effort to keep discussion on "his strong suit" rather than "an admitted weakness"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

The presidential candidate who sang "Bomb bomb Iran" is already looking towards the war after the war in Iraq.

Sen. John McCain told a crowd of supporters on Sunday, "It's a tough war we're in. It's not going to be over right away. There's going to be other wars." Offering more of his increasingly bleak "straight talk," he repeated the claim: "I'm sorry to tell you, there's going to be other wars. We will never surrender but there will be other wars."

McCain did not elaborate who the United States would be fighting. But he did warn the crowd to be ready for the ramifications of current and future battles.

"And right now - we're gonna have a lot of PTSD to treat, my friends," he said. "We're gonna have a lot of combat wounds that have to do with these terrible explosive IEDs that inflict such severe wounds. And my friends, it's gonna be tough, we're gonna have a lot to do."

Watch the video: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/27/mccain-warns-there-will_n_83459.html

The remarks underscore a growing effort on McCain's behalf to keep the political discussion centered on foreign affairs (his strong suit) and not the economy (an admitted weakness). They also reflect a take of America's military policy that is heavily weighted towards combat. Earlier on the campaign trail, McCain posited that U.S. forces could be in Iraq for the next 100 years.

[Stand and Fight]

1. No doubt in my mind. He's fucking nuts.

I don't care who the Democratic nominee is -- if any of these crazy Republican bastards get the nomination it's time for me to put on battle gear. I'll be dammed if I sit idly by with sour grapes about our party's nominee with crazy sons of bitches like McCain already talking about going to war again. Fuck that!

More power to Clinton.

More power to Edwards.

More power to Obama.

On to November -- we've gotta stop these wack-jobs.

[fujiyama]

3. He sounds senile

or just plain crazy.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. My frenzzzzz, It's a horrible world out there (unless your a rich guy)

so get used to it.