McCain Jokes about "Killing" Iranians

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Media Mouse
on July 9, 2008 3:41 PM | | Comments (0)

Republican Party presidential candidate John McCain, who has a history of making aggressive statements about his militaristic foreign policy views, earlier this week "joked" that American cigarette exports to Iran may be a way of killing Iranians. According to media reports, McCain reacted to a report revealing that American cigarette exports to Iran have risen tenfold during President Bush's time in office by saying "Maybe that's a way of killing 'em." He went on to say, "I meant that as a joke, as a person who hasn't had a cigarette in 28 years, 29 years."

This is the second time McCain has publicly joked about killing Iranians. Last year, McCain sang the words "bomb, bomb, bomb, Iran" to the tune of the Beach Boys' "Barbara Ann:"

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