John McCain Has More Odd Things to Say About Russia/Georgia

from MoJo: http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/08/9275_john_mccain_has_2.html


This Russia-Georgia conflict is really producing some weird comments from John McCain. You probably saw his statement that "In the 21st century, nations don't invade other nations." Now he's saying this:

"My friends, we have reached a crisis, the first probably serious crisis internationally since the end of the Cold War. This is an act of aggression."

I just don't know what is going on in John McCain's brain. The Iraq War is undoubtedly a crisis. It was a crisis for the military, which was underprepared for the fight, lost thousands of young men and women, and is now so spent it cannot address problems elsewhere in the world. It was a crisis here at home, because of how much money it cost the American people ($3 trillion, by one estimate). And it was a crisis of credibility. Black sites, Gitmo, Abu Ghraib, rendition, warrantless wiretapping... Iraq and the greater war on terror has led to an implosion of our moral authority abroad. John McCain may not consider a crisis, but I sure do.

Oh, and PS — 9/11?

Oh, and PPS — McCain wants to throw Russia out of the G8. Take a moment to learn how insane that is.


my take:

Friday, August 15, 2008
McCain and the Same Old Kneejerk Militarism

No other explanation. K & R.

It sounds like McCaint is panicking because he knows that this is the first time since the Cold War that something has happened that wasn't engineered by a Bush White House. Interesting.

he opens up his mouth again and again.

I've heard McCain, Bush and other surrogates make these "nations don't invade other nations in the 21st century" bullshit multiple times - and every time I hear it I am left breathless, astounded and, frankly, increasingly pissed off.

Do Americans not see the unmitigated hypocrisy of these statements? Are they too stupid to link the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan to these statements?

And why aren't our journalists throwing this shit back in Bush and McCain's smug, lying faces?

Up is down, black is white, etc...

I don't get it. The people of this nation gets what they deserve, I guess.

. . . but it's usually the s**t which floats to the top first

B: He's not much of a historian, and C: He's loco in the coconut?

we knew they were out there . . . now this one's running crazy for the WH

knew how to get away with all of his evil shit without putting us into IMMEDIATE peril, having had enough DC/Pentagon experience. McInsane doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground--he's not an expert in ANYTHING, but horrifyingly, he THINKS he is.

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