A McCain Moment: Do You Want Four More Years of This?

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A McCain Moment: Do You Want Four More Years of This?
Arianna Huffington

Posted March 24, 2008 | 05:07 PM (EST)


If our polarized country can agree on one thing, it's that the greatest danger facing America over the next decade will not be Islamic extremism and instability in the Middle East, but rather Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. That's just "common knowledge," right?

So it only makes sense that the media have focused non-stop on this looming threat while paying scant attention to the fact that the presumptive Republican nominee for president apparently doesn't have a clue about what's going on in the Middle East.

And with the U.S. death toll hitting 4,000 (with 25 American soldiers killed over the last two weeks, the deadliest fortnight for our troops since September 2007), and with another 57 people killed in Iraq yesterday, John McCain's tenuous grasp on what is happening in the region becomes all the more worthy of attention.

For those who were too busy watching Rev. Jeremiah Wright damn America for the 10,000th time to hear about McCain, let's review: at a stop in Jordan last week, McCain made the ludicrous claim that Al Qaeda insurgents were being trained in Syria. Asked again about it, he dug in deeper, claiming it was "common knowledge and has been reported in the media that al-Qaeda is going back into Iran and receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran, that's well known."

A few moments later, McCain's chief lady in waiting, Joe Lieberman, leaned forward and whispered in his ear. McCain promptly offered a quick rewrite: "I'm sorry, the Iranians are training extremists, not al-Qaeda."

Now, it's been widely reported that, heading into the Iraq war, George Bush had no clue about the differences between Sunni and Shia. But that was 2003, and it was George Bush. This is five years later and we're talking about John McCain. But it turns out this acclaimed foreign policy expert doesn't know the difference between Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda in Iraq, Sunni insurgents, Iran and Syria. Or, perhaps more charitably, he's doesn't care to know.

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[panader0]

1. As I posted earlier today, J-Mac can't beat either Dem.

Of course, that will be Barack.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. McC and his little puppy Joe are going nowhere....

....together.

[eFriendly]

3. Wait until November...

McInsane's gaff will come back to haunt him big time. It would make a brilliant 527 ad.

[Cant trust em]

4. Who needs facts when you have the politics of fear?

We can't afford to elect someone else who can't differentiate subtleties of people. John McCain is just another ignorant politician who sees all people in the middle east as brown skinned muslims.

[RC]

5. And the people in this country as gullible marks to be manipulated.

[Cant trust em]

6. Sadly, many people in this country think like McCain

They don't understand the nuance of culture either. Shia, Sunni, Saddam, Osama. Just more funny names.