McCain’s Experience Shows Through
The events of the last week have shown once again the stark contrast between the two Presidential candidates and their respective understandings of geopolitics.
Barack Obama; weak, indecisive, appeasing, dangerously naive.
John McCain; strong in his defense of a small democracy yearning to be free of the brutal domination of their totalitarian neighbor, experienced in the ways of the world, with up close and personal observations of the dangers of Communism.
I can only hope that voters are paying at least some attention to the very different responses that have come from the Obama and the McCain campaigns and will remember in November as they step into the booth to cast their votes for the next Commander-in-chief.
~~John Cronin~~
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Election ‘08: Russia’s brutal invasion of Georgia caught America off guard. But it did give voters an idea of what to expect from a President McCain or a President Obama, and right now the differences are stark.
John McCain understood just what was happening and called it right on the first shot.
“Russian military forces crossed an internationally recognized border into the sovereign territory of Georgia,” he said as the news broke. “The very existence of independent Georgia — and the survival of democratically elected government — are at stake.”
He was blasted by pundits as being too extreme, but events now show he was right. McCain grasped the regional implications, too.
“Russia has used violence against Georgia to send a signal to any country that chooses to associate with the West and aspire to our shared political and economic values,” he said.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:05 am
What was a great week for McCain was equally “weak” for Obama.
I have to admit, McCain sounds far more competent when speaking about foreign affairs:
http://nyformitt.blogspot.com/2008/08/mccain-today-we-are-all-georgians.html
August 14th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
We shouldn’t be so critical about Obama’s strength and ability to stand toe to toe with Putin. Why, with his experience, Putin should watch out, before Obama goes and organizes a community, or something!!
August 15th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Frozone- I admit that as time goes on that McCain looks better. Never thought I would feel that way. Still don’t trust his social policy though but he beats Obama in that catagory any day.
If McCain is elected and Romney is not on the ticket, I think that next year, unless McCain solves all the worlds problems, dems will win and that will dash our hopes for Mitt in 2012.
I had a good laugh over your post Ron.
August 15th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
I should have said the next election.