"We are all Georgians now"
The title quote is John McCain's support for Georgia. (No, not our Georgia, but that country in the Caucasus. You do know where the Caucasus is, don't you? You don't? No matter.) Rod Dreher, in a Viewpoints column in The Dallas Morning News, lays into McCain for "reckless anti-Russian huffing and puffing." Barack Obama doesn't escape Dreher's criticism. The Democrats are either "so afraid of being baited by the Republicans as cowards that they sign on to any foolish policy proposed by GOP jingoes" or "on national security matters, there's no fundamental difference between the parties."
Ouch. In a way, I don't blame McCain or Obama. Americans themselves are a jingoistic people. Politicians are just representing their constituents. Leadership would be nice, but it's so, so rare in American history. We've had 43 presidents and you can count the historic leaders on one hand.
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