John McCain: Environmental Insights

Filed in archive Political on April 30, 2007

John McCain is the Republican Party's potential presidential candidate. It is very fortunate that Mr. McCain has already expressed his ideas on climate change and energy. In fact, John is calling oil reliance and global warming as twin threats that the US must aggressively confront. Whether or not these concerns come before terrorism is a political interest that I dare not cover here.

Nevertheless, this article looks into Mr. McCain's strategy for addressing these concerns. Here is what he said:
``National security depends on energy security. Al-Qaeda must revel in the irony that America is effectively helping to fund both sides of the war they caused. As we sacrifice blood and treasure, some of our gas dollars flow to the fanatics who build the bombs, hatch the plots, and carry out attacks on our soldiers and citizens. Transfer of American wealth to the Middle East helps sustain the conditions on which terrorists prey.''

Will this guy have a chance as US Presidential Candidate with these statements? What do you guys think?