Joe Conason is a very good writer and he he did make his point about John McCain and the people behind him. If a Democrat had used Wikipedia so blatantly, he or she would have been crucified by all the media, but once again McCain is given a free pass. The story shows that McCain and his handlers are indeed very stupid men and arrogant to boot. Or maybe just desperate to get their talking dummy to say something right away about the invasion of Georgia. I wonder if McCain had any idea where the speech came from and if he was a truly independent campaigner for president, he should have been outraged what his own people did to him. It was funny when McCain said in effect no country can invade another one with impunity. That alone shows the guy is not fit to be president. This article explains very well why the United States is in no shape to enforce any threats by McCain or Bush or any of the nutty neocons. Conason didn't seem to show that America not only does not have the soldiers or will to force the Russians to back down, but this country is also very weakened by the fall of the dollar, while Russia is on the upswing, both commercially and militarily. They have always seemed to make the best weapons of warfare and especially air war. It's hard to blame the Russians for flexing their power against a weak country like Georgia after what the United States has done in Iraq and Afghanistan. Russia is a world power again and always was the most dangerous enemy America has ever had. Conason makes the point we need to respect Russia and talk to them after five years or so of the fool in the White House ignoring them. We need a really good Secretary of State, not the silly woman that serves the Bush administration now. Has she ever accomplished anything of note, compared to any former Secretary you could name? Even Powell was better, although not by much.