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Confederate Yankee —
... at Think Progress until I got a chance to see him in action this morning , hacking away with the intellectual dishonesty that has given Think Progress the reputation it has so richly earned (but surprisingly, hasn't yet found a way to tax). John McCain deems the Georgia-Russia war the "first serious crisis internationally since the end of the Cold War"... Satyam ...
Crisis? McCain Will Give You Crisis!
Newshoggers.com —
... By Cernig
Yesterday, John McCain told an audience in Colorado: My friends, we have reached a crisis, the first probably serious crisis internationally since the end of the Cold War. This is an act of aggression. Georgia, of course. There's soooo much wrong with that statement, as Kevin Drum, Matt Yglesias and Rock Richard all point out. Matt writes: beyond McCain’s seemingly poor memory, the interesting thing is the confusion in terms of high-level concepts. It was ...
Dangerous
Obsidian Wings —
... reputation abroad and the challenges, predictable and unpredictable, that the next eight years throw at us. We cannot afford to elect another President who really doesn't get these things. Anyone who thinks that the war with Georgia is the first serious international crisis since the end of the Cold War, or who can say, without apparent irony, that "In the 21st century, nations don't invade other nations", is just not up to the job.
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UPDATE: Matt Y notes:
"It was just a little while ago that McCain was giving speeches about how ...
