‘Invasion of Georgia’ a ‘3 a.m. moment’

Yahoo/Politico ^ | 8/9/08 | Ben Smith

[dervish]

When the North Caucasus slid into war Thursday night, it presented John McCain and Barack Obama with a true “3 a.m. moment,” and their responses to the crisis suggested dramatic differences in how each candidate, as president, would lead America in moments of international crisis.

While Obama offered a response largely in line with statements issued by democratically elected world leaders, including President Bush, first calling on both sides to negotiate, John McCain took a remarkably — and uniquely — more aggressive stance, siding clearly with Georgia’s pro-Western leaders and placing the blame for the conflict entirely on Russia.

'snip'

[redgolum]

3 AM, and Bush is still in China.

I suspect this was all planed out in advance, and we knew what was going on.

[autumnraine]

Well, Bush responds by flirting with hot volleyball players!

[dfwgator]

Well, Bush responds by flirting with hot volleyball players!

Uhhh you might want to read this

[TigersEye]

LOL Now that just might be the most reasonable political analysis of the year.

[autumnraine]

Uhhh, it was a joke.

[plenipotentiary]

Georgia should blow up the Roki Tunnel and cut off the Russians in Georgia. Starve them out.

[valkyry1]

ding ding ding! We have a winner LMAO!

[dervish]

Good point. God bless our country.

[King Lazar]

dervish, your country IS?

[dervish]

I am American born and bred.

Why do you ask?

[King Lazar]

it was just a ?

“I am American born and bred” ... ARE YOU AMERICAN?

[flaglady47]

“The bear has awakened from his sleep. Those rusty old nuclear subs will be replaced with new ones using oil and gas sales to Europe and the US.”

Ok, McCain, hope you figure this out and if you end up as Prez, you start drilling for oil in ANWR as fast as possible. This is a national security issue, not an environmentalist-whacko issue. Time to stop playing around with the issue of drilling.

[dervish]

no I’m a martian.

[Marine_Uncle]

It would be a start in the right direction. But ANWAR is only one little piece of the whole oil/gas pie we must be allowed to explore and develop the drilling platforms and follow up pipelines that can go directly to US refineries, including new ones and vastly modernized ones that are already in operation.
Not to mention the vast coal reserves in the mid west and eastern US, that can be converted into petroleum products.
The real problem is getting the US congress to do a complete and honest turn around regarding oil/gas/coal extraction and refining. The President can only do so much.

[flaglady47]

The real problem is getting the US congress to do a complete and honest turn around regarding oil/gas/coal extraction and refining. The President can only do so much.

Actually, that is what I am worried about. Even if McCain wins, there is still the Congress, and unless a miracle occurs, it is likely that the Dems could gain more seats in Congress come election time. Hope I’m wrong. As I’ve stated on many a Freeper thread, we’ve got to do everything, on all fronts, to produce oil, every one of the things you listed plus more if possible. But I fear for the stupidity of X amount of people living in this country to not wise up to the predicament we are in. This is definitely a national security issue now. And if Obama gets in, we are scr*wed.

[Marine_Uncle]

I could not agree more with what you had to say. The majority of American voters are so ill informed regarding the energy issues and the false global warming issues that they simply even if they had the time and resources to bug their representatives, simply are not in the position to do so.
History demonstrates the majority are always behind the eight ball when it comes to independent thinking, backed up by rigorous research into a given matter.
So yes, we are getting screwed any way one looks at it.