[dschapin]

Obama is a lightweight on foreign policy. However, I don’t think that his reaction in this particular case will hurt him too much. I personally thought that McCain came across as a hothead by demanding that Russia immediately and unconditionally withdraw before any of us had a chance to decide what had really happened. Especially since at that time Russia was really just started to respond to a Georgian offensive into S. Ossetia which had killed several Russian peacekeepers.

[Tailgunner Joe]

What were Russian invaders doing occupying Georgian territory in the first place? Russia abrogated the CFE treaty because they refused to abide by its terms they agreed to and withdraw their criminal occupation forces from Georgian land. Russian invaders of Georgia deserve to die.

[TigersEye]

I’m no fan of McCain but apparently he already knew what was happening there.