Friday, August 15, 2008

Candidates' Threats, Criticisms of Russia a Complete Joke

John McCain and Barack Obama have been running around all week condemning Russia for daring to fight back against Georgia, and making veiled threats if Russia does not call off the dogs.

This is absurd. Either a) these buffoons really have no idea that Georgia attacked Russia unprovoked to start this whole mess - backed by U.S., Israeli, and NATO forces mind you - or b) it's more abject lying to a moronic public that is mesmerized by either or of these puppets.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1011312.html

Truth be told, the Russian conflict is really an election blessing for both of these guys. Again, either with no knowledge of what's really going on, or blatant lies, they're being provided with the perfect soapbox to stand on, acting tough and fooling voters into believing that they'll protect us from terrorists. It helps further perpetuate the rhetoric that McCain is so tough on terror, and is a foreign policy mastermind, and it further erases doubt that Obama isn't ready to protect America.

Probably the highlight of the week's charade came on Monday when McCain said that invading a sovereign nation was "in clear violation of international law" and has "no place in 21st Century Europe."

It's fine, though, that the U.S. has attacked two sovereign nations over the past 6-1/2 years, and are gearing up to go for three in Iran. McCain whole-heartedly supports these actions, however. Perhaps that's why he did say 21st Century "Europe." The same rules obviously don't apply to the Middle East or Central Asia.

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