"John grew up in a family where military strategy was constantly being discussed at very high levels," said Carl Smith, a Washington lawyer who served with McCain in the Navy. "He was steeped in the history and purpose of American military power." By contrast, the influences in Obama's youth were more about diversity than tradition. Full Story »
Posted by Beth Wellington
How does McCain's being "deeply informed" by "his experiences during and after the Vietnam War" and "steeped in the history and purpose of American military power" and his POW years explaining his "deep-seated suspicion of authoritarian regimes" when he was instrumental shutting down the senate POW/MIA hearings so that diplomatic and commercial ties to Vietnam could be resumed? Our leaders here in the USA had a "Red Phone Hot Line" to talk to the "hostile foreign leaders" of the USSR during the Cold War. McCain calling "Obama's position naive and dangerous" as the possible next leader of the World's only superpower is ludicrous. Joking about bombing Iran, as McCain has, is "naive and dangerous".
