We all need to read this. It is a conservative-centrist critique of the McCain candidacy. Anatol Lieven is no leftist. But even he sees, quite clearly, that the language McCain uses is that of a US supremacist who will not hesitate to forget the fundamental principles of foreign policy in favor a radical neoconservative posture towards the rest of the world.

~NiK

Why We Should Fear a McCain Presidency

By Anatol Lieven, New America Foundation
The Financial Times | March 24, 2008

Mr McCain exemplifies “Jacksonian nationalism” -- after Andrew Jackson, the 19th-century Indian-fighter and president -- and the Scots-Irish military tradition from which both men sprung. As Mr McCain’s superb courage in North Vietnamese captivity and his honourable opposition to torture by US forces demonstrate, he also possesses the virtues of that tradition. Then again, some of the greatest catastrophes of the 20th century were caused by brave, honourable men with a passionate sense of national mission.

Tags: War on Terror, John McCain, Neoconservatism, 2008 US Presidential Election