McCain Owns 1st Foreign Policy Gaffe ("Iraq/Pakistan border") During Obama's Iraq Trip (VIDEO)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

McCain Owns First Foreign Policy Gaffe During Obama's Iraq Trip (VIDEO)



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/21/mccain-owns-first-foreign_n_114013.html

As Barack Obama began his trip to the Middle East and Europe, the media was already speculating about the possibility of a gaffe. Obama's travel "carries political risk," the New York Times reported, "particularly if Mr. Obama makes a mistake."

But the only foreign policy error made in the last few days came this morning on ABC's Good Morning America, when John McCain made ANOTHER geography gaffe while trying to criticize Obama's visit to Iraq. (Just last week, McCain repeatedly referred to Czechoslovakia, a country that hasn't existed since 1993.)

Asked by Diane Sawyer whether the "the situation in Afghanistan in precarious and urgent," McCain responded: "I think it's serious. . . . It's a serious situation, but there's a lot of things we need to do. We have a lot of work to do and I'm afraid it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border."

But as ABC's Rick Klein noted: "Iraq and Pakistan do not share a border. Afghanistan and Pakistan do."

Watch it here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/21/mccain-owns-first-foreign_n_114013.html

[MidwestTransplant]

1. Did Rick Klein make the correction on the air?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. Why won't somebody swat that tarantula off McSame's face?

[KansDem]

3. Yet this morning, NPR went out of its way to downplay Maliki's endorsement of Obama's Iraq plan

NPR reported this morning that Maliki is "backing off" his preference for Obama's Iraq withdrawal plan, claiming the White House is putting pressure on Maliki to do so. What NPR didn't report is that the original leak of Maliki's preference came from the White House itself!

Keep it up, NPR! ("News Prostitutes for Republicans")

edited for clarification...

[ravishane]

4. Like Bush, McCain seems to

switch Afghanistan and Iraq around (Bush famously did the same with regard to OBL and Saddam).

[BrklynLiberal]

5. separated at birth..?

McGaffe..


Charlie Chaplin

[KittyWampus]

6. His new nickname= McGaffe. Congratulations to McGaffe for another in a long string

of constant, inexplicable screw-ups.