McCain promises to be a kinder, gentler moron
In a major speech, Sen. John McCain distanced himself Wednesday from President Bush's foreign-policy tactics but embraced Bush's foreign-policy goals.
So while the Democrats are busy trying to self-destruct, "Bomb, bomb Iran" McCain is out trying to convince people that while he believes in everything Bush does, he won't be such an incompetent jackass about it all. Given that nearly seven years after 9/11, and five from the start of the Iraq War, McCain still has issues figuring out just who the major sectarian groups are in the Middle East, I no longer give him any points for being able to handle the situation competently, let alone that he won't start something that will piss off what remains of America's allies.
The speech "is definitely an effort at triangulation," said Duke University professor Bruce Jentleson. McCain, he said, is "trying to show he is a realist and not a neocon," and at the same time "trying to sound like not just a realist, but an internationalist" by endorsing cooperative action with other nations.
Jentleson, who served as a policy adviser to then-presidential candidate Al Gore, said McCain's speech reminded him of Gov. George W. Bush in 2000, who pledged a "humble" foreign policy and dismissed "nation-building."
I was going to write more, but Cernig has already covered far more than I was likely to. Go read.
