Comments on: McCain’s Approach Would Make Us Miss The Deft Diplomatic Touch Of George W. Bush http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/08/13/mccain-deft-touch/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:42:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mugsy http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/08/13/mccain-deft-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-1898 Mugsy Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:43:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/08/13/mccain-deft-touch/#comment-1898 I would like to add an observation: In the past two days, McCain has repeatedly referred to Georgia as a "little nation", once in a phone conversation with Saakashvili himself (on Aug 12). The nation of Georgia is roughly 2.5x larger than Israel. I'm trying to imagine McCain "belittle" and "demean" *Israel* by repeatedly referring to it as "your little nation" in press conferences or (worse even) in direct conversations with PM Olmert. This "parental" attitude towards Georgia gives me serious concern about how McCain views America's role in the world. I would like to add an observation:

In the past two days, McCain has repeatedly referred to Georgia as a “little nation”, once in a phone conversation with Saakashvili himself (on Aug 12).

The nation of Georgia is roughly 2.5x larger than Israel. I’m trying to imagine McCain “belittle” and “demean” *Israel* by repeatedly referring to it as “your little nation” in press conferences or (worse even) in direct conversations with PM Olmert.

This “parental” attitude towards Georgia gives me serious concern about how McCain views America’s role in the world.

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