"McCain on the Red Phone" - Harold Meyerson

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/25/AR2008032502294.html

It is 3 a.m., and the stillness of the White House night is shattered by the ringing of the red phone. President John McCain, rousing himself from a deep sleep, turns on the light and picks up the receiver. A U.S. embassy in a Middle Eastern country, he is told, has been blown up, and al-Qaeda is taking credit.

McCain takes a deep breath. "Character counts, my friend," he says. "Bomb Iran. Bomb, bomb Iran."

There is a rustling of blankets, and, brushing aside Cindy McCain, a concerned Joe Lieberman rises from the bed. "Not Iran, Mr. President," he says. "They hate al-Qaeda."

"That's right," the president says. "I remember now." He sighs with relief. "Good thing you're here every night, Joe."

But suppose, dear reader, that John McCain becomes president and Joe Lieberman doesn't bunk with the McCains on a nightly basis. How easily should the rest of us sleep? It's anything but an academic question after McCain's bizarre performance in Jordan last week.

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Hard to say what's more dangerous -- McCain's approach to the economy or McCain's approach to the world. The thought of him answering the red phone at 3 a.m. fills me with foreboding. Hell, I don't want him answering the red phone at 3 p.m.

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:scared:

It really does make you wonder if he really is up for the job and all that it entails.

I'm Irish and we are generally opposed to America's foreign policy. Great country though! Most of us have relations there.

Anyway, I really don't like McCain. He is a warmonger. I think Obama would have the best foreign policy - he was against the war in Iraq and is against bombing Iran. Unlike Hillary!

And yes, even over here, many of us are opposed to America's foreign policy, which it looks like McCain wants to extend.

:hi:

Yeah he will be a lot like Bush. And if there is a war, Iran will be no Iraq. Iran will be many times worse.

from that nightmare, only to realize things are far, far worse than your nightmare,

:rofl: McCain is a Presidential Candidate :rofl:

Lol! ...I really hope he doesn't get it. That's not to say a Democrat may not start a war. Hillary may still do it. A lot of people outside America are rooting for Obama :) He's great charisma, really inspiring. I prefer a lot of his other policies to the other candidates to - like his economic policies.