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In a tribute to the late US senator \u2013 and ardent warhawk \u2013 John McCain, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has suggested renaming one of the Senate buildings after him, in a move which may be surprisingly fitting.<\/p>\n
The man, who has supported every single US military intervention and regime change campaign throughout his tenure as a six-time senator \u2013 and called for even more \u2013 has recently emerged as an \u201cinternationalist,\u201d<\/em> a \u201cdefender of the liberal order,\u201d<\/em> and a paragon of \u201cAmerican ideals.\u201d<\/em> More than six months after his death, the US establishment seems to struggle to find a \u201cproper way\u201d<\/em> to honor the memory of their national hero while whitewashing his legacy.<\/p>\n Schumer (D-NY) has for instance suggested renaming the US Senate Russell building, which housed both the late senator\u2019s office and the Armed Forces Committee which he chaired.<\/p>\n \u201cI look forward to soon re-introducing my legislation re-naming the Russell Senate Building after American hero, Senator John McCain,\u201d<\/em> Schumer said in a tweet on Wednesday. The senator did not come up with this idea all of a sudden but has apparently been quite persistent in pushing it since just days after McCain\u2019s death.<\/p>\n I look forward to soon re-introducing my legislation re-naming the Senate Russell Building after American hero, Senator John McCain.<\/p>\n \u2014 Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) March 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/div>\n The Senate, the United States, and the world are lesser places without John McCain.<\/p>\n Nothing will overcome the loss of Senator McCain, but so that generations remember him I will be introducing a resolution to rename the Russell building after him.<\/p>\n \u2014 Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/div>\n The true legacy of McCain is somewhat different from the one of a supposed human rights champion he has become in the eyes of the mainstream media. But naming a Senate building after him might even turn out to be bizarrely fitting, as McCain was the true face of American foreign policy, which Washington so often hides behind lofty speeches about freedom and democracy.<\/p>\n Indeed, the late senator supported invasions to Afghanistan and Iraq, called for increased US support for the militants seeking to overthrow the now late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and met with Syrian militants and Ukrainian ultra nationalists \u2013 all in the name of democracy. That\u2019s not to mention the fact that McCain was also probably the biggest friend<\/a> of the American military industrial complex and an ardent supporter of NATO expansion.<\/p>\n This feat of his was particularly duly noted by the alliance, which has also mulled naming one of its HQs after the late senator. One of McCain\u2019s British fans, Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat, has noted that \u201cvery few people embodied the values that NATO is built on\u201d<\/em> in the way the US war hawk did \u2013 and rightly so. After all, the alliance has lately mostly distinguished itself through various interventions ranging from bombings of Yugoslavia in 1999 to an incursion in Libya in 2011.<\/p>\n Currently, the Russell Senate Office Building is named after another long-term Armed Services Committee head \u2013 Richard Russell \u2013 who also worked towards \u201cstrengthening the US defense budget.\u201d<\/em> He is also known, however, for his vehement opposition<\/a> to the civil rights movement.<\/p>\n Russell opposed the bills that would ban lynching and eliminate poll taxes that kept black Americans from voting. He also led the charge against the 1964 Civil Rights Act. So now, the US establishment plans to replace a racist with a warmonger. So the renaming wouldn\u2019t be as profound as one would expect.<\/p>\n Like this story? Share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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