Sure, McCain has more experience – the man’s been in Washington for 25+ years! But many would argue that its just this sabre rattling that contritbuted to Saakashvili’s (misplaced) confidence that the US and/or NATO would militarily back any action he took in South Ossetia or Abkhazia.

Whoops.

First of all, I was referencing the former Soviet Union, so that was accurate. I don’t see what’s so funny about Putin’s territorial desires.

Second, how did I overstate McCain’s foreign policy resume? I stated that he has more experience and understanding of the issues and players involved than Obama. That much is starkly evident just in their responses to the news. I’ll gladly put McCain’s resume on these issues up against Obama’s any day of the week.

So, there you have it. Nothing to worry about. W is still, “The Decider-in-Chief.”

01-20-09
The
end
of
an
error!

That said – nice to see a post about this important issue. Russians have been occupying Georgian land since the early 90s under the auspieces of “peacekeeping”. It is time for newly empowered Russia to recognize the soverignty and international boundaries of its neighbor.

The problem for us is, what do we do? We have no military power left to extend, we need Russia’s support in our actions against Iran and as a counterweight to China, we are in a serious bind. Georgia has been a good ally – and is deserving of our support. But – other than diplomacy, I’m not sure what else our nation could do. Although, the President sitting at a swimming event – and only letting Bob Costas interview him over the weekend didn’t help matters. We really need a Presidential President – ASAP.

Unfortunately, you weaken the post’s worth by overstating McCain’s foreign policy resume. I realize you want/ need to believe that McCain has some experience in this realm, but it simply isn’t true. Heck, he still doesn’t know whose side Al Qaeda is on.

http://newenergynews.blogspot.com/2008/08/uk-building-wind-with-both-hands.html