[dmz]

I really wish you people would just shut up when McCain does something right. You and your cronies never miss a chance to knock him, and I’m really sick of it. He did a good thing. Sit down and shut up.
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As regards this story, what did McCain do at all? Not knocking him, just wondering what ‘good thing’ he did. You seem to know something hidden from the rest of us.

[AuntB]

“As regards this story, what did McCain do at all? Not knocking him, just wondering what ‘good thing’ he did. You seem to know something hidden from the rest of us.”

Even the rumor of a good thing is enough to excite them. They can’t push his on and off record. What are they to do?

[ElCapitanAmericaLives]

McCain was not involved in the operation, but he had a press conference from Colombia this morning and was in public full support of Uribe. This is a plus for him and plan Colombia.

Latest information here, in Spanish;
http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/?p=15649

There are videos of the press conference the minister of defense (Colombian) gave explaining operation “Jaque” (As in ‘check’ from checkmate).

15 hostages were rescued, Betancourt one of them, the 3 American contractors, and the others were Colombian police and military members.

The Americans were found by the river “Abacoris”(sp) taking a bath, and with 2 Colombians on two (possibly their captors).

No word on casualties, it sounded like the FARC members were captured alive.

They had 2 helicopters, one picked everybody the other was backup. The 2 hostage takers, one of them was the “leader”. Surprised it was only 2, maybe the rest were killed ...

[af_vet_rr]

As regards this story, what did McCain do at all? Not knocking him, just wondering what ‘good thing’ he did. You seem to know something hidden from the rest of us.

He did nothing. I'm kind of embarassed that some Republicans are giving him any credit for this, because the Colombians have been planning this specific raid weeks before McCain swung through the area (technically they've been working on it since Betancourt was kidnapped but they just recently got the location).

I literally laughed out loud reading this thread - McCain didn't infiltrate FARC, he didn't plan this out a few weeks ago, he's not a Green Beret that has been running around in that part of Colombia, he hasn't been trying to track Betancourt since 2002, etc.

In fact it's disgusting that McCain is given any credit while the Green Berets or Navy Seals (or the NSA/CIA) are not given any credit.

McCain was in Colombia to let the Colombians know that he and others are supporting the Colombia Free Trade Agreement (although it's not going to pass in Congress). If he was there in relation to the raid, it was simply to put him in a position to pressure Democrats in Congress to support the Colombia Free Trade Agreement.

[Grunthor]

“I really wish you people would just shut up when McCain does something right.”

Did he lead the mission? Did he plan the mission? Did he fund the mission? What did McCain do?