Apparently this guy doesn’t get it….
“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.”
He must not know or realize that when the Administration speaks their words are very powerful things and don’t need to actually become deeds.
McCain thought he was a bad ass by jumping on the issue first and pretending he’s Big Daddy War Genius.
Too bad for him that all he proved was that he’s a reactionary opportunist lacking rational forethought.
But what did you expect from a person who finished in the last percentile of his graduating class?
At least Bush looked into Putin’s eyes. Like I said this whole McCain run is a plot by Rove to make Bush look good.
The funny thing about the Georgian crisis is that really is no good guy here. Georgia started the crisis by invading South Ossetia when they thought no one would notice, and Russia, the big bully in the area, went nuts.
The rational thing to do is to call for a ceasefire, and a peace plan to ends these hostilities once and for all. French President Sarkozy has acted more like a world leader than McCain or Bush in response to this crisis.
Sarkozy must be acting on the “McCain Doctrine” which clearly states that in the 21st century countries don’t invade other countries.
That statement alone – basically the blatant lack of awareness – should be immediate disqualification for the old guy….
I’d like to hear his explanation. Has he clarified yet? But what could he say? Middle East countries are not real countries, just a bunch of loosely affiliated hoards of barbarous tribes?
Maybe you all should keep in mind that Obama has had some stern words for Russia as well, completely and bewilderingly ignoring the fact that Georgia started the aggression.
Looks like both Obama and McCain want to continue the U.S. policy of blindly supporting those that have been named “allies”.
It’s more complicated then that. If we don’t support Georgia you have to consider what that will mean for U.S. relations with the rest of former Soviet East Bloc nations.
Keep in mind that S. Ossetia considers itself a part of those separate nations. Georgia began the agression against the “separatists”. Maybe we should call them “Nationalists” since they are fighting for their own rights to rule themselves.
For anyone who has been thinking about us, my family in Georgia is okay. My sister-in-law and nieces are back with my brother in Saudi and her father has gone back to Tbilisi to watch over their Nana. Her sister is staying in the Ukraine for the time being. Thanks to everyone who has been keeping them in their thoughts/prayers.