It seems like John McCain’s foreign policy freelancing may be further complicating the situation in Georgia. And President Saakashvili seems reasonably to be asking whether he shouldn’t be getting more for having McCain top foreign policy advisor on his payroll for all these years.
This morning Saakashvili told CNN: “Yesterday, I heard Sen. McCain say, ‘We are all Georgians now,'” Saakashvili said on CNN’s American Morning. “Well, very nice, you know, very cheering for us to hear that, but OK, it’s time to pass from this. From words to deeds.”
Isn’t John McCain just a presidential candidate? Not actually president? Is he really supposed to be running his own freelance foreign policy as part of his campaign?
Continues, and of course keep in mind that these are the kinds of cranks likely to have the ear of a potential McCain administration.
Max Boot — who the Council on Foreign Relations still continues to allow to speak in its name — says we should move directly to arming the Georgians with Stinger (anti-aircraft) and Javelin (anti-armor) missiles.
We need to protect the country from pampered foreign policy analysts who derive such evident excitement from every prospect of war.
McCain campaign’s double-talk on Obama’s patriotism largely ignored by national press.
Late Update: Howard Fineman of Newsweek proves the point perfectly.
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Wouldn’t want to think we’ve got ourselves tied up with a loose canon in the President of Georgia.
President Saakashvili today told Georgians that the US military was moving in to take over control of the country’s air and seaports — which would be a pretty big deal since much of the country still appears to be an active war zone.
And about five minutes later the Pentagon said he didn’t know what he was talking about.
“We are not looking to, nor do we need to, take control of any air or seaports to conduct this mission,” said Geoff Morrell, Pentagon press secretary. “The role of the U.S. military is strictly to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the victims of this conflict.”
John McCain says he’s talking to Saakashvili every day. What’s he telling him? Is he confusing the situation?
Watching CNN on Georgia — apparently President Bush isn’t up to snuff for not adopting all of Sen. McCain’s nutty ideas.
This is quite hilarious. Sen. McCain has just announced that he’s sending his own delegation to Georgia (Sens. Lieberman and Graham) and now he’s insisting that it’s not a time for politics and partisanship.
Everyone should watch this McCain press conference. McCain is uncomfortable not being in the Cold War. He feels out of his element and he wants to go back.
CNN is currently running a segment promoting Jerome Corsi’s new anti-Obama book.