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McCain: ‘In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations.’
Think Progress — In recent days, Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) rhetoric toward Russia has mostly been overblown bluster, including an accusation that the country wanted to restore its old empire. However, since a cease-fire was announced and his predictions were proven wrong, McCain has backtracked, saying there won’t be a Cold War. To justify his new position, he told reporters in a press conference today: In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations. Watch it: Evidently, McCain has forgotten ...

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Obsidian Wings — by hilzoy John McCain: "In the 21st century, nations don't invade other nations." I'm sure the Iraqis will be so relieved to learn that it has all been a bad, bad dream.

"In the 21st Century, Nations Don't Invade Other Nations"
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — --Previous Post | Blog Index "In the 21st Century, Nations Don't Invade Other Nations" McCain today , speaking about Russia and Georgia. I don't even have to say it. Easiest blog post ever. [image] Comments

I Wonder If There Are Some McCain Supporters Thinking The Tsar's Tanks Are Approaching Atlanta And Have Devastated Macon
DownWithTyranny! — Saakashvili wants action. The victorious Russians want the truculent Georgian to resign-- although virtually all Georgian leaders share his nationalistic, anti-Russian fervor-- and Saakashvili seems to think McCain is going to growl and someone is going to care. One of the well-paid Georgian lobbyists on McCain's staff fed him a ridiculous and hyperbolic line: "We are all Georgians now." Unless he was just talking about the lobbyist and Neocon crowd that goaded Saakashvili into attacking South Ossetia last Thursday, McCain is on his own planet. But the Georgian president is clinging to McCain's phrase like a piece of floating ...

McCain: "Nations don't invade other nations"
Daily Kos — To his increasing embarrassment, John McCain's aggressive demands for immediate confrontation with Russia in the Caucasus have been left high and dry by Russia's willingness to call a truce once it had humiliated the belligerent Georgian President. Today as he tried to justify his foreign 'policy' adventurism to reporters, John McCain made a rather startling pronouncement. As so often, McCain was taking his cue from his other inept ally, George Bush. Said McCain: "In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations." So does that pronouncement ...

Except When They Do
Shakesville — Did John McCain even think a little bit when he said this? In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations. Yes they do. Of course they do. The inanity of McCain's statement speaks for itself, but you know, I really wish we could just put this sort of argument out to pasture: in the 21st century, X can no longer be true, or, can you believe this is happening in the 21st century? or, for pity's sake, it's the 21st century; catch up! The 21st century is just a number on a calendar. It has nothing to do with ...

Odd Quote of the Day
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — John McCain: In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations. Video(quote at :26): Not only is it overly simplistic to characterize the situation as simply the Russians invading Georgia, but there is that whole problem of US policy in ...

Irony Alert. McCain: “In the 21st Century, Nations Don’t Invade Other Nations”
The Moderate Voice — Would that he were right. You can see the video (via Think Progress) below.

‘Nations don’t invade other nations’ (some restrictions may apply)
Political Animal — John McCain has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today, and the very first sentence reads, “For anyone who thought that stark international aggression was a thing of the past, the last week must have come as a startling wake-up call.” I can appreciate how awkward it must be for guys like McCain to claim the moral high ground after being a cheerleader for the war in Iraq, but embracing a neoconservative worldview and denouncing “stark international aggression” at the same time ends up sounding pretty foolish. And yet, it’s apparently become a standard talking point. ...

‘Nations Don’t Invade Other Nations’
Firedoglake — According to John McCain.

McCain’s gets confused about the conflict in Georgia.
Think Progress — Today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) begins his Wall Street Journal op-ed titled “We Are All Georgians” with a warning about the seriousness of the recent conflict between Georgia and Russia: For anyone who thought that stark international aggression was a thing of the past, the last week must have come as a startling wake-up call. Perhaps McCain is giving himself a wake-up call, since just yesterday he seemed to have thought that “stark international aggression was a thing of the past.” In a press conference with reporters, he said, “In the 21st century, nations don’t invade ...

McCain admits Iraq invasion wrong!
The Latest on Air America — Not exactly. but one has to wonder if he realizes he was one of the biggest advocates for a "nation invading another nation" in this, the 21st century. As to the substance of his remarks, Matt Yglesias has a great piece on how and why the neo-cons are wrong in their claims that the events in Georgia could cause WWIII. More here. And more on the McCain/Neo-Con fantasies of a second cold war here.

Marching Thru' Georgia
Agitprop: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Propaganda — The extramarital sex must be getting to the old guy: In recent days, Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) rhetoric toward Russia has mostly been overblown bluster, including an accusation that the country wanted to restore its old empire. However, since a cease-fire was announced and his predictions were proven wrong, McCain has ...

McCain's Gaffes Part MXVIII...
Main and Central — I swear every time McInsane opens his mouth he inserts his foot...! In that clip above McInsane said: "In the 21st Century, Nations don't invade other Nations...!" Really? What did we do in 2003? Teh stupid... It burns... Lets recap some of his Iraq gaffes... I Know What The Iraqis Want... Q: If the Iraqi government were to say, if you were president, ‘we want a timetable for troops being removed,’ would you agree to that? McCAIN: I’ve been there too many times. I’ve met too many times with him. And I know what they want. They want it based on conditions. And ...

McCain: Nations don't invade other Nations
Informed Comment — McCain says, "In the twenty-first century, nations don't invade other nations:" And imagine him all sweetness and light now about wanting good relations with Moscow after his rants all the past week. An experienced diplomat pointed out to me that "McCain’s behavior on Georgia is a perfect example of putting personal political advantage over the national interest. Bush is trying to cope with a tricky situation and so far doing it in a responsible fashion. McCain is doing more than giving advice (legitimate). He is conducting his own foreign policy, talking to Saakashvili several times a day ...

Moral Authority II
Stones Cry Out — Matthew Yglesias: Watch in amazement as John McCain condemns Russia for having the temerity to cross an international boundary — “in the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations.” We all recall, of course, John McCain’s outrage when the United States violated this rule back in 2003. So James Taranto’s prediction has quickly come true. Which got me wondering; how many dozen UN resolutions does it take before an invasion is OK by international standards, and how many resolutions was Russia enforcing when it invaded the Republic of Georgia? ...

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McCain: "In The 21st Century Nations Don't Invade Other Nations"
huffingtonpost.com 8/14/2008 — Speaking to reporters about the situation in Georgia, Sen. John McCain denounced the aggressive posture of Russia by claiming that:"in the 21st century nations don't invade other nations." It was the type of foreign policy rhetorical blunder that ...

Irony — Op For

From the WaPo comes an interesting quote from Sen McCain : "I'm interested in good relations between the United States and Russia," he said. "But in the 21st century, nations don't invade other nations.'' Oops. Guess we were just popping in for a quick visit. Then we stayed. For 5+ years. And counting. I've been supportive of the war in Iraq all along, but even I couldn't ...

Why Russia Was Wrong to Invade Georgia — The Agitator

According to John McCain : In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations. Seriously. He said that without even a hint of irony. The mind truly boggles. And in related news, Ike Turner says you should be kind to your wife. Video below the fold.

Cafferty to McCain, Say What? “In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations.” — Crooks and Liars

John McCain actually had the nerve to say that we’re all supposed to respect the sovereignty and independence of nations. Except of course if they’re in the middle east or vital to our national security. (That will always be the out for war hawks.) I think he forgot that part. I know, you’re all waiting for McCain’s Media to bring up Iraq, right? I mean McCain ...

Senile McSame forgets about wars...again — WTF Is It Now?!?

The Dementia Express just keeps on happening. As noted by maru's earlier post, Senile McBush said earlier in the week that, ""In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations." He confused himself again during a speech at the Aspen Institute in Colorado on Thursday: My friends, we have reached a crisis, the first probably serious crisis internationally since the end of the Cold ...

Georgia: Background to War — Commondreams.org Views

Perhaps the most ironic statement yet in the war of words over Russia’s military intervention in Georgia was John McCain’s assertion that “I’m interested in good relations between the United States and Russia, but in the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations.” Too bad no one told the Bush administration that before it went [...]

Whatever These Guys Are Smoking...... — WTF Is It Now?!?

I don't want any. Echoing Prezelnut Drinky McPukey's Orwellian and hypocriticak staement from a few days earlier, FORMER PRISONER OF WAR and America's American American American straight talking maverick j. SYDNEY George Washington McSame lectures Russia : "In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations." ROFLMAO!!! What a comedian. He kind of sounds like that annoying drunk that the ...

More on Nations not Invading Nations (or not not invading, as the case may be…) — PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts

Scott G. at Pros and Cons takes issue with my characterization of McCain’s statement (noted yesterday) that “In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations.” Says Scott: As loathe as I am to argue politics with a political science professor, I think perhaps Steven didn’t take the statement in the spririt in which it was (to me, obviously) intended. I think any ...

McCain says: — Stubborn Facts

" In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations ." They do, Senator, when they deem it in their national interest . Better (if not problem-free) is McCain's op/ed today on the subject. "Two years ago, I traveled to South Ossetia," McCain writes; the unspoken but obvious dangling question being "when were you last in South Ossetia, Mr. Obama?" I immediately think of this: ...

In John McCain’s Defense, He Still Thinks The 21st Century Is The Future — Oliver Willis

With a straight face he says that nations don’t invade other nations in the 21st century. As his good pal George W. Bush would say… you forgot Iraq. Yet another element of the Grandpa Simpson doctrine is revealed.

Quote For The Day II — The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

"In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations," - Senator John McCain , without apparent irony.

In the 21st Century — ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

Nations don't invade other nations. That's what John McCain said about the Russian invasion of Georgia. Now, he could have meant the statement as a positive one, meaning that nations don't indeed invade other nations now that the time stamp starts the century with a "2". If so, he was wrong, and a simple counterexample is the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Or he could have meant it as a normative ...

McCain’s Irony-Challenged Diplomacy Priimer — Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines

You’ve seen the quotation, now watch the clip of Sen. John McCain, either in deep denial or completely irony-impaired (those being the more generous of many possible interpretations), giving his pronouncement that “… in the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations.” Oh. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries August 13, 2008 A Cut-and-Paste ...

Quote of the Day — The Reaction

By Creature "In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations" -- Presidential hopeful John McCain proving once and for all that he really has no clue. (Cross-posted at State of the Day .)