John McCain's convenient amnesia..... - Democratic Underground

marmar

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Fri Aug-15-08 10:52 AM
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John McCain's convenient amnesia.....

from ThinkProgress:

McCain: Georgia conflict is the ‘first serious crisis internationally since the end of the Cold War.’»

Speaking at the Aspen Institute in Colorado yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that recent Russian aggression in Georgia is the “first…serious crisis internationally since the end of the Cold War.” McCain seemingly ignored the Gulf War, 9/11, and the Iraq War, to name a few:

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.

Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/15/mccain-russia/

In July, McCain said Iraq was the “first major conflict since 9/11,” leaving out Afghanistan. Matt Yglesias has more on McCain’s inflated rhetoric on Russia. (HT: Politico)

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/15/mccain-russia/

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Javaman

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Fri Aug-15-08 11:15 AM
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1. Nah, he's more of a baghdad bob than anything. nt

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DFW

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Fri Aug-15-08 11:19 AM
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2. The people of the Balkans, Rwanda and Sierra Leone will be much relieved to know this!

The brutal slaughter that took place in those areas since the end of the
Cold War was in none of those cases a major conflict. Whew! That takes a load off.

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Fri Aug-15-08 11:29 AM
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3. He just wanted to say "My friends" again. /nt

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