When it comes to foreign policy, John McCain is more of a neocon than President Bush

Slate by Fred Kaplan | May. 30, 2008 (Opinion)

On Tuesday, McCain cleared up the mystery: He's with the neocons. He is, fundamentally, in sync with the foreign policy pursued by George W. Bush for his first six years in office. The clincher is that he has now broken with the president on the one issue where Bush himself reversed course more than a year ago after realizing that his policy had failed. In two op-ed articles and a speech--all of them published or delivered on Tuesday, May 27--McCain called ... Full Story »

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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

Calls McCain out on a foreign policy position that Kaplan argues ignores the lessons the Bush Administration has already learned. I've linked a great WaPo profile of Chris Hill (mentioned in the article) that goes in depth into Bush Administrations evolution on North Korea.

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by Fred Gatlin - Oct. 1, 2008

An interesting and good opinion article. The more that I look at John McCain's position, the more I am concerned.

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by Mike LaBonte - Oct. 1, 2008

Some sources documented as links. Well written. Brings in a few other viewpoints. McCain advisers listed do appear in adviser lists from Oct 2007. Some Clinton era claims may be debatable. Makes it's "more of a neocon" argument using only North Korea as an example, whereas it seems Iraq, Iran and Venezuela add just as much to the argument.

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