You idiot. The snapshot is the two men's respective reactions to this crisis, not the editorial.
both asked for the violence to end, and for a resolution.
but McCain said it in a louder voice, so he's more qualified
McCain wouldn't stop Russia any more than Bush is now. Both candidates would be ineffectual in this situation. These editorials just say that they prefer McCain's impotence more than Obama's
Maybe you should read the first couple pages of this thread. Obama asked for peace, went boogey boarding, saw what John McCain did, waited a little while longer and then said something similar to J-Mac.
I think that 3 a.m. phone call question Hillary's camp put out has been answered. I'll take "Grampy McSame" over Barry any day of the week.
So McCain saved Georgia over the weekend?
I missed that one.
so you want someone who's quick to anger and will make rash decisions to involve our military in armed conflicts on the other side of the world, even if our immediate safety is not at stake?
or maybe just barking loudly is enough? cuz that's all your boy actually did.
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You are teh winnar.
Is tough language how the GOP is going to solve tough problems? Is this a follow-on to BushCo shooting off his mouth? Bring it on!
Because John McCain called for bombing Russia, right?
Wrong.
Sorry youre boy let you down, but you don't have to lie about what JUST happened!
so what exactly did McCain do except bump his gums?
Seriously, the real big balls thing to do would be to call for Georgia to be immediately admitted to NATO.
Anyone say that?
Exactly. So all of McCain's talk added up to nothing, because nothing short of military intervention is going to stop Russia.
Maybe if we yell loudly they'll stop.
UK article on this issues
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008...in.barackobamaMcCain and Obama use conflict in Georgia to prove foreign policy mettle
• John McCain suggests Nato delay encouraged Russian action
• Barack Obama calls for both sides to practice restraint
Elana Schor in Washington guardian.co.uk, Monday August 11 2008 17:34 BST
Article history
Republican presidential candidate John McCain speaks during a town hall meeting Monday, Aug. 11 at the GE Transportation Erie Plant in Erie, Pa. Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP
John McCain today suggested that Nato's delay in accepting Georgia to the alliance encouraged Russia to pursue military action against its neighbour, pulling the Caucasus conflict deeper into the US elections.
McCain and Democratic rival Barack Obama have traded fire over the crisis in Georgia since hostilities erupted there last week. Obama issued a measured call for restraint on both sides, while the Republican nominee was quick to condemn Russia for its aggression - a response that began to appear prescient as Moscow escalated the conflict.
McCain seized on the conflict again today during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania, remarking that Nato's decision to delay Georgian membership in the alliance this year "might have been viewed as a green light by Russia for its attacks".
"I urge Nato allies to revisit the decision," McCain said. Echoing his past support for removing Russia from the G8, he urged the US to convene an emergency meeting of G7 foreign ministers.
The decision to critique Moscow is a risky one for McCain, whose senior foreign policy adviser has profited from lobbying contracts with the Tbilisi government of Mikheil Saakashvili.
But the gamble looks to be paying off. When the Obama camp cited McCain's Georgia-connected adviser, Randy Scheunemann, as proof that the candidate is too close to lobbyists, the Republican fired back.
McCain accused his opponent of being "bizarrely in sync with Moscow," angering Obama backers who perceived the dig as a subtle invocation of communism.
His statement today indirectly jabbed at Obama with a reference to "Americans wishing to spend August vacationing with their families … [who] may wonder why their newspapers and television screens are filled with images of war in the small country of Georgia". Obama is currently on a weeklong holiday in Hawaii.
McCain went further than the White House has by proposing a US package of "immediate economic and humanitarian assistance" for the Georgian government. Obama has yet to address the prospect of formal US aid to Georgia.
I think this article resoundly ends three things Ive seen on this board:
1) They're reactions were the same
2) McCain said to go to war with Russia
3) The only way to stop the Russians is with war.
Advantage: McCain.
You guys keep convincing yourself if you want that your guy has what it takes to be president.
Ciao.
You keep convincing yourself that McCain could actually do anything about Russia.
It's all Obama's fault!!!
If obama becomes president, he isn't going to have time to sackride McCain's decisions.
Yes, the US can't do anything right now, but one should be weary of OBama's moral equivocation of the two countries, how do we trust him to back up our allies. Are we looking at Jimmy Carter 2.0?
Yes, attacking Russia would launch this world into WW3, but what if Iran attacks Israel and its 3 am in Washington?
WHat will Obamer say?
"I think both of you guys should sit in your corners and think loud and hard about this"
Atleast we'll know that JOhn McCain would use military force in this particular situation.
Why would McCain use military force in that situation? Israel is quite capable of defending itself against the kind of attack that Iran would launch.
because other arab countries would join like SYria, and russia would help through proxies.
Iran is not an Arab country.
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