# Did John McCain make a blunder about Al Qaeda in Iran?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 18, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-mccain-make-a-blunder-about-al-qaeda-in-iran/441850 "2008-03-18T22:25:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-mccain-make-a-blunder-about-al-qaeda-in-iran/441850/1 "2008-03-18T22:25:02Z")

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[http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0308/McCain\_flubbed\_alQaedaIran\_a\_second\_time.html](http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0308/McCain_flubbed_alQaedaIran_a_second_time.html)

John McCain has been talking about support for Al Qaeda from Iran. Does he have a valid point or is he making a core mistake about foreign policy?

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**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-mccain-make-a-blunder-about-al-qaeda-in-iran/441850/2 "2008-03-18T22:26:48Z")

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There’s already a thread about this. I think they are about the same thing…

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-mccain-make-a-blunder-about-al-qaeda-in-iran/441850/3 "2008-03-18T22:28:39Z")

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[Yes.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460237)

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**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-mccain-make-a-blunder-about-al-qaeda-in-iran/441850/4 "2008-03-19T02:40:12Z")

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Too slow, old man. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-mccain-make-a-blunder-about-al-qaeda-in-iran/441850/5 "2008-03-19T05:13:59Z")

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Locked as a duplicate topic.

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