You are right on target. Vice President Dick Cheney was promoting war with Iraq on the FIRST day of the George W. Bush administration--as was John McCain. The tragedy here was that we pulled resources out of the "just war," where the enemy was, in Afghanistan, and the Taliban there are stonger than ever
I think a fruitful line of attack to counter McCain's specious "terrorist" campaign is to repeat that Sarah Palin's husband, Todd, may STILL be a member of the Alaska Independence party. The past leader of that group made many statements about his hatred for the "lower 48" United States. Calling for "secession" of the state of Alaska is clearly treasonous. Sarah Palin, moreover, made statements supporting this sinister group.