AMERICAN SCARECROW
While Bush is back-slapping Putin, McCain is face-slapping Russia. The media are too caught up in HRC v BHO to notice, I guess.
[And people give money to this organization!]
Anyway, the real McCain:
Driven in part by his intense commitment to the Iraq war, McCain has relied more on neoconservatives such as his close friend William Kristol, the Weekly Standard editor. His chief foreign policy adviser is Randy Scheunemann, another leading neoconservative and a founder of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq. McCain shares their belief in what Kristol has called "national greatness conservatism." In 1999, McCain declared: "The U.S. is the indispensable nation because we have proven to be the greatest force for good in human history. ... We have every intention of continuing to use our primacy in world affairs for humanity's benefit."
...Mr Scheunemann has accused even Condoleezza Rice, secretary of state, of “appeasement” of Russia.
-The rest of this scathing takedown, by Anatol Leiven
...Mr Scheunemann has accused even Condoleezza Rice, secretary of state, of “appeasement” of Russia.
-The rest of this scathing takedown, by Anatol Leiven
Even today, Krauthammer is writing about "the way great powers operate". (you guessed it: American military presence is required ad infinitum ... just about everywhere there is "instability"?)
So, I have this question of McCain. Are his stated (populist?) goals of energy independence and an indefinite commitment to Iraq somehow just not a logical pair?
