8/30/08: McCain: which world do you live in?

OK, here’s today’s issue. Does McCain have a military mind?

This is supposed be his forte, his raison d’etre, his “advantage” over Obama. But can we really trust him to deal with the rest of the world?

Just last month, talking about Russia and the energy crisis, he referred to Russia’s threat to the non-existent country of Czechoslovakia – and this is not the first time. He’s repeated this particular blunder many times over the years, including the previous day, July 14, 2008 – John, listen up good – Czechoslovakia hasn’t existed as a country for over 15 years!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/14/mccain-references-non-exi_n_112650.html

He always seems confused about vital Middle-East issues where he's supposed to be an expert : see http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/15836.html

for a list. He doesn't seem to know (or care) about the difference between Sunnis & Shia and which one Al-Queda is - he has repeatedly talked about Al-Queda's (non-existent) training bases in Iran - a deeply Shia country - is this laying the foundation for bombing Iran when he's in power?

UPDATE: Video of McCain's mistakes on Iraq - I particularly like Lieberman pulling him aside to correct him on the "Iran training Al-Queda" (at 1:02)!!!

I'm also deeply worried about us getting into a war with Russia over Georgia about guess what - an oil pipeline - and I haven't heard him say anything contrary to Bush's posturing on this issue.