Republican Pro-War Nut John McCain Says Russia Needs Harsh Treatment

Get ready for a new arms race and a rejuvenated Cold War if pro-war nut John McCain is elected President. I've always said that the Cold War never ended anyway.
McCain just reinforces that conclusion.

Americans must understand that it is the United States' own policies that have led to much of what has happened in Russia over the last 15 years. Instead of embracing Russia and supporting Russian democracy earlier on with more robust policies, and more economic and diplomatic support, the U.S. belittled and ridiculed Russia. The U.S. allowed Russia to drift for several years, through at least 2 economic crisis', and several years of political instability. Russia is the beast that the U.S. and Europe helped to create in an indirect way. And the unneccesary expansion of NATO aimed at Russia has not helped at all. It has only been counter productive and has given NATO only a marginal improvement in terms of fighting power.

McCain mentions the rough, harsh approach as if that will work. The fact is, we have already tried this approach. The harsh approach is what we have been doing for the last 15 years. It is what got us to where we are today with Russia. Instead of trying to break Russias spirit (reminding them every 5 seconds about the myth that the U.S. won a Cold War), the U.S. should have been busy building friendly diplomatic relations, helping with economic development, getting security agreements, and expanding international Trade with Russia...as well as closer people to people bonds. Instead, the U.S. dropped the ball...and this is what we are left with. The U.S. (just as it has done in the Middle East) has radicalized the more hardline elements within Russia, making it easier for hardline politicians to gain power, which in turn has had an impact on foreign policy. The U.S. seems to radicalized hardline elements in countries across the world, wherever it goes beating its chest.

What is scary is that the nation is poised to elect this man to be the next President of the United States. barring any kind of major flop, all arrows point to John McCain to be the next U.S. President which makes this story even more interesting. It gives a glimpse of what U.S. foreign policy would be like under a John McCain.

The media has already anointed McCain...and the U.S. is a country where the media basically picks the next President. The American public certainly doesn't pick Presidents. The media (State Run U.S. media) anoints candidates and the media gets the Public to follow along. That's how that works.

This is the same guy who stated a few years ago that "the wrong guys won" when talking about Vietnam. HE WAS IN VIETNAM WHEN HE MADE THE STATEMENT. This guy still holds a grudge about historical Cold War relics like the Vietnam War. He is still mad about Vietnam....not mad at the idiots who sent him there for a bullshit war. He's mad about not being able to kill more Vietnamese. Is he nutty enough for you?

Voting for this guy would turn the clock way back on international relations. He would be worse than what we have now (Yes... I said worse). I know some of you may not believe that it is possible for U.S. foreign policy and the nations standing in the world to be worse than what it is now. But under McCain it would be infinitely worse.

Russia is not the only worry. Under McCain the U.S. would be closer to war with China over Taiwan, and closer to war with Iran, if Bush doesn't attack first.

Article on McCains comments on the "Meet The Press" program last week.