Editing John McCain (section)

==On Arab Spring==
'''Minimizing Fatalities in Egypt Uprising'''

In February 2011, just weeks after the Egyptian uprising, McCain claimed that in contrast to Egypt, Iran is a “more oppressive, repressive police state that knows no restrictions. We saw last time, they don’t hesitate to shoot and kill people in the streets. Obviously, the Egyptian military was not ready to do that.” [http://web.archive.org/web/20110307143349/http://husseini.posterous.com/already-forgetting-the-martyrs-of-egypt In fact], during the protests in 2009, Human Rights Watch documented about 10 people killed. In Egypt, since Janurary 25, there have been over 300.

'''Friendly with Gadafi'''

http://husseini.posterous.com/mccain-on-a-late-evening-w-gadafi-a-year-ago - not archived

'''Being Against Egyptian Revolution'''

"This virus is spreading throughout the Middle East.... This, I would argue, is probably the most dangerous period of history in—of our entire involvement in the Middle East, at least in modern times. Israel is in danger of being surrounded by countries that are against the very existence of Israel, are governed by radical organizations.” [http://ontherecord.foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=25657&content=47864221&pageNum=-1 (2/2/2011, Fox News)]

“This revolution,” he said, “is a repudiation of Al Qaeda. This revolution has shown the people of the world, not just in the Arab world, that peaceful change can come about and violence and extremism is not required in order to achieve democracy and freedom." [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/02-16 (3/2/2011)]