John McCain: ‘Young Americans do not trust this government’

John McCain is a consistent voice for US military intervention over-seas John McCain is a consistent voice for US military intervention over-seas as well as amnesty and Third World immigration at home US Senator John McCain recently verbalised what polling data has long suggested. He is quoted in a Washington Times article by Ben Wolgang lamenting the fact that so many people see whistleblower Edward Snowden as a hero and do not trust the Federal Government. In fact, polls have revealed that nearly three-quarters of the public in general do not trust Washington, DC. A majority actually see the Federal Government as a threat to freedom. And a quarter of the members of McCain’s own party across the United States (nearly double that in some Southern States) support seceding from the Union. Wolfgang writes of McCain’s recent comments: A deep distrust of government has led young Americans to hold up NSA leaker Edward Snowden as a hero, Sen. John McCain said Sunday. “There’s a young generation who believes he’s some kind of Jason Bourne,” the Arizona Republican said during on “Fox News Sunday,” referring to the lead character in the Bourne movie trilogy who battled his own government, particularly the CIA. Wolfgang goes on to refer to McCain as ‘a widely respected figure on national security.’ In fact, McCain’s strong support of constant foreign intervention is as predictable as it is unpopular. The Arizona Republican has supported US military intervention in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. He even pushed for military action against nuclear-armed Russia in the short-lived 2008 conflict over the small republics that seceded from Georgia. The US public does not share McCain’s bellicose attitude. A full two-thirds (68%) oppose US military action in Syria, for example. As well, 90% of the public opposed sending ground troops into Libya and 59% believed the US shouldn’t be involved in the conflict at all. The Times article concludes with a revealing quote from McCain: “Right now there’s kind of a generational change. Young Americans do not trust this government,” Mr. McCain said. “Without trusting government you can’t do a lot of things.” What exactly would be those ‘lot of things’ that McCain wishes the Federal Government to do? Might they include more foreign wars, surveillance of US citizens, amnesty for illegal immigrants and bailouts for failed government-connected industries? Might they be the same agenda McCain has long advocated?