I find I'm more interested in the less suggestive, and more substantive and germaine to what we'd expect from a McCain presidency, article I read recently from Jeff Huber from military.com, John McCain and the Forever War. I found it a useful analysis of the candidate's outlook. His apparent willingness to employ the military indefinitely and anywhere--when our military has already been stretched "dangerously thin" is a potential cause for alarm.
When I say "anywhere", I mean, check out this link. Granted, the US has had a presence any number of places since, say, WWII--but this was a mighty matter-of-fact way of putting it. Ultimately--can the US be everywhere? Fight on many fronts? How global can we afford the global war on terror to be? We are a superpower, that much is true. But even our resources, particularly regarding man-power, are finite.
I can't exactly say I have an answer--I'm just a blogger whose experience only extends to reading military sf. But what I'm hearing does concern me from a rational viewpoint.
And from an irrational viewpoint, too.

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