Tuesday, July 15, 2008

McCain's worried about Czechoslovakia.

I'm sorry, but the guy who says this is an "expert on foreign policy"?

“I was concerned about a couple of steps that the Russian government took in the last several days. One was reducing the energy supplies to Czechoslovakia. Apparently that is in reaction to the Czech’s agreement with us concerning missile defense, and again some of the Russian now announcement they are now retargeting new targets, something they abandoned at the end of the Cold War, is also a concern. So we see the tensions between Russia and their neighbors, as well as Russia and the United States are somewhat increasing.”
Has anyone bothered to tell McCain that Czechoslovakia doesn't exist anymore? Add this to his comments regarding al Qaeda and Iran and it becomes more and more difficult to imagine that he is even competent in foreign affairs, as opposed to the expert we are always being told that he is.

When he starts talking about a country which ceased to exist in 1993, then I think the rest of us have the right to ask just how much attention McCain has been paying to foreign affairs.

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2 comments:

Ingrid said...

LOL!! That is too funny! Of course most Americans would forgive him for that as most people would not even know that themselves... that is not a slip of the tongue, that's a lack of knowledge..hmm...already 15 yrs has it been? boy, I was in Saudi Arabia at the time..how time flies..(I'm feeling old-er now..sigh)

[g]

Ingrid

Kel said...

that is not a slip of the tongue, that's a lack of knowledge..

It's an extraordinary lack of knowledge from a man who is being touted as a foreign policy expert. And I'm with you, Ingrid. It's scary how fast those fifteen years have gone...