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- marytaylor - Aug 20 2008
All I have to say is "Very Interesting"
It's obvious that the media got played, but I'm disappointed that political "leaders" didn't step in to set them straight.
Quoted: Most papers dutifully reported that a Georgian attack in the breakaway province of South Ossetia, where most people want to join Russia, started the conflict. But casual readers might have struggled to understand that.
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Very true. You can't expect McCain and his neoconservative advisers to speak the truth when the (false) alternative is to ratchet up the bellicose rhetoric about a new (cold) war with Russia. The neocons have been associated with their glorious global war on islamic extremism in recent year, but their movement had its beginnings in the good vs. evil battle between the US and the Soviet Union. Plus it was a chance for McCain to act like he knows how to win wars, except (1) if anybody came out victorious, it was the Russians, who have likely prevented Georgia from joining NATO, and (2) while McCain was talking, the French were the ones actually taking action towards negotiating an end to the conflict. Saakashvili even called McCain out in a press conference, saying 'thanks for the we're all Georgians statement, now where's the help?'
As for Obama, this is just another in a string of disappointments on how he's running his campaign. He, like every other Democrat, is afraid of being called soft on national security, facts be damned. I don't know what's gotten into his campaign since he locked up the nomination, though I have a feeling much of the old guard, DLC-style Democratic strategists and advisers felt free to find their way into his campaign without fear of a backlash from the Clintons. Obama should be up by at least 10 points nationally, and regardless of the polls, as a supposed change candidate, should actually demonstrate change - like using facts - on important issues like this.
It's strange how politicians and the media control each other. The media was weaker when the Constitution was written; I wonder if the founders would've put in something to address this.