The March to Victory

John McCain promises to balance the budget by winning both the Afghan and Iraq Wars by the end of his first term.

Brilliant!

The McCain administration would reserve all savings from victory in the Iraq and Afghanistan operations in the fight against Islamic extremists for reducing the deficit. Since all their costs were financed with deficit spending, all their savings must go to deficit reduction.

V-SM (Victory-Saint McCain) Day is January 20, 2013. Great, I've got it marked on my calendar.

Now, how's that March to Victory coming along?

Today in Afghanistan:

A car bomb went off on a crowded street Monday near the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan, killing at least 41 people and wounding more than 100, officials said.

Today in Iraq:

Mr al-Maliki’s claim to have defeated terrorism was further tested today when a female suicide bomber killed nine people in Baqouba, a town still under threat from Al Qaeda-linked militants, while 16 Iraqis were killed on Sunday in a spate of attacks.

Today in Pakistan:

One person was killed and 37 others injured on Monday in a string of six bomb blasts in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi, raising tensions a day after a major suicide attack in the capital.

I guess it's not going to be a victory for some people.

Will any of our intrepid journalists riding on the Straight Talk Express ask St. McCain this question when they present him his coffee and doughnuts:

"Saint..er, I mean Senator McCain, if ending the war allows you to balance the budget, are you saying that if there had been no war our economy wouldn't be in shambles now?"

And if winning allows us to balance the budget, then how do we keep our troops in Iraq for a hundred years. And if we have to keep our troops there until they stop getting killed, so that we can then keep them there for 100 years, then how do also claim victory? And if we have to keep troops in Iraq for 100 years, how do we claim victory four years from now?

I guess I can finally see why he's called Senator Straight Talk. He's the only person on earth who can keep all the contradictions straight in his head.

Just another day on THE MARCH TO VICTORY!