I know that threads bashing Republicans are very unpopular here, but I am posting this anyway.

[ZombieHorde]

It seems that McCain's position on Iran depends on who he is talking to...
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McCain talks tough on foreign policy, brandishing a style that appeals to hardcore Beltway neoconservative supporters of Israel and Republican military hawks. He depicts himself as someone committed to keeping troops in Iraq and taking a tough line on Iran.

But as Los Angeles Times' diplomatic correspondent Paul Richter points out in an incisive page-one Sunday analysis, McCain's foreign policy track record is far different than his meat-and-potatoes rhetoric:

McCain has on many occasions resisted calls for use of U.S. troops. Even now, he adopts positions that are closer to those of traditional, pragmatic Republicans than the more hawkish neoconservatives.

Richter describes a factional foreign policy rift within the McCain camp. "Both sides believe they have assurances from McCain that he would largely follow their path," he writes.

In fact, Foreign Affairs, the journal of the Council on Foreign Relations, published a lengthy summary of McCain's own views on America's place in the world late last year. In that piece, he affirms his commitment to keeping troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, strongly backing Israel and taking a tough line against Iran.

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More at link:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/03/middle-east-wou.html

[Mz Pip]

1. Unfortunately

there is far more energy spent bashing our own candidates than looking for flaws in the GOP's nominee. :shrug:

Unfortunate.

[Froward69]

14. Hear here!!!

the whole pastor thingy is just that. I really wonder how many have actually paid attention as to the number of crazies mcain't has yet to denounce.

[Forkboy]

2. Excellent article

On the other hand, during more off-the-cuff forums, McCain has shown a kind of hyper-charged bragaddaccio that makes Dick Cheney sound like Cindy Sheehan.

:rofl:

Thanks for posting this! :thumbsup:

[ZombieHorde]

5. You are welcome! nt

[LSparkle]

3. We need to be reminded DAILY of who the REAL opponent is ...

Just as combative as Shrubya, twice as schizophrenic and unpredictable.

VERY scary.

[ZombieHorde]

6. Exactly, we do not need another Republican President. nt

[redqueen]

4. I can't wait till we have a nominee...

hope McSame's enjoying this period of calm before the storm. :)

[ZombieHorde]

8. There is no time like the present.

I would rather discuss issues such as war and health care, rather than issues concerning who farted (how I see DU of late).

[redqueen]

10. I doubt anyone will stop discussing the candidates till a nominee is chosen. (nt)

[rurallib]

13. Start sending those letters to the editor now

no sense waiting.

[pscot]

7. How does boosting McCain's bona fides

as a closet liberal qualify as "Bashing Republicons"? This is a McCain commercial.

[ZombieHorde]

9. He is playing both sides of the Iran issue.

He is doing what Kerry was accused of in '04.

[angie_love]

11. thansk for posting , we need more of these around here

[Tresalisa]

12. I can't wait until all the primary stuff is over

and we have a nominee, so we can use this forum to attack and expose the Repubs instead of devouring our own!

:hi:

[DeepModem Mom]

15. THANK YOU! nt

[me b zola]

16. K&R

[JeffR]

17. K & R & thank you!

:toast:

[DearAbby]

18. Look out below !!!

::: DearAbby falls back into her chair in disbelief::: What do I see here?

K&R!

[Scurrilous]

19. K & R

:thumbsup: