McCain: Georgia conflict is the ‘first serious crisis internationally since the end of the Cold War'

[jefferson_dem]

McCain: Georgia conflict is the ‘first serious crisis internationally since the end of the Cold War.’»

Speaking at the Aspen Institute in Colorado yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that recent Russian aggression in Georgia is the “first…serious crisis internationally since the end of the Cold War.” McCain seemingly ignored the Gulf War, 9/11, and the Iraq War, to name a few:

My friends, we have reached a crisis, the first probably serious crisis internationally since the end of the Cold War. This is an act of aggression.

Watch it:

In July, McCain said Iraq was the “first major conflict since 9/11,” leaving out Afghanistan. Matt Yglesias has more on McCain’s inflated rhetoric on Russia. (HT: Politico)

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/15/mccain-russia/

[Muttocracy]

1. these two sound bites alone make an effective ad.

Just float text of "what about Al Qaeda and Afghanistan?" and "what about "Iraq" over the two.

[Joanne98]

2. Showing his age. Iraq isn't the "big one"....

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. I guess I need to do Winston Smith's job and rewrite all the history books

John Stewart last night did a good job on taking on that bullshit showing
McCain and Rice peddling that falsehood.

[grantcart]

4. and we have all of those nuclear bombs sitting around doing nothing

We need a President that will use those things every time we have a serious crises.