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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: i-node who wrote (405569)8/10/2008 6:35:38 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (3) of 1574060
 
"If you heard Obama's and McCain's responses to the attack, the difference could not be more stark."

I read them.

I think you are imagining quite a bit. Both are now calling for the UN Security Council to meet, which they have been doing since Friday, and that both sides should stop fighting. Both are calling for the US and the EU to step up diplomatic efforts. And both have called for a different peacekeeping force than is there now. And both have talked to the Georgian president.

I don't see the stark difference. Now, it has been speculated that McCain is likely to be more bellicose than Obama. Which, is a problem if true. The geopolitics just doesn't allow for the US or NATO to do a whole lot unless they want to escalate to a nuclear confrontation. So issuing any kind of threats means the issuer will have to back down. And Russia knows that. And they would make a big deal out of a hollow threat.
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