Oy! We dodged a bigger bullet with McCain than Romney

[cthulu2016]

I think John McCain is probably a better person than Romney in some ways, and probably more socially moderate than Romney at heart.

But McCain is a fucking psycho. Him as Commander in Chief is a nightmarish prospect.

His demand that Obama specify in advance what the US will do if Russia invades Crimea is some of the most useless, short-sighted, arm-chair belligerence I've ever heard.

Does McCain know that we would probably then have to actually do what was specified?

Specificity would mean threatening minor stuff (since our bluff would probably be called), meaning our threat would be weak.

Specificity in threatening BIG stuff would have more power as threat but, as noted, we would be in the position of having to actually do that stuff.

NEWS FLASH FOR JOHN McCAIN: There is a reason some of the cards in a poker game are face down.

[alsame]

1. Let's see, he would have

engaged the US military to some extent with...Iran, Egypt, Syria, Russia. And of course he would have ramped up Iraq and Afghanistan. So we'd be fighting 5, maybe 6, wars. Neocon nutjob.

[maryellen99]

2. And would've used nuclear weapons as well nt

[alsame]

5. Undoubtedly. And I forgot Libya! nt

[ProSense]

8. You also forgot

North Korea.

...McCain in March of 1999:

A firmer response to North Korea might have triggered a war, a war we would win, but not without paying a terrible price. Moreover, refusing to help ease the deprivations in the North, and hastening the collapse of the regime might have also resulted in war as the North’s last desperate measure, or at least a very messy re-unification with the South. Instead, we have sustained North Korea long enough for it to develop missiles that might be capable of striking the United States, and allowed it to proceed with its program to develop nuclear warheads. North Korea is still inexorably nearing total collapse, and its leaders remain quite capable of launching in their country’s death throes one final, glorious war. But now, they are much, much — better armed.

While participating in a Republican debate moderated by CNN’s Larry King on Feb. 15, 2000, the candidates were asked: “What area of American international policy would you change immediately as president?”

“I’d institute a policy that I call ‘rogue state rollback,’” said McCain. “I would arm, train, equip, both from without and from within, forces that would eventually overthrow the governments and install free and democratically- elected governments.”

http://www.salon.com/2008/04/16/flip_flop/

McCain wasn't singing "bomb, bomb Iran" as a joke.

[Scootaloo]

3. "There is a reason some of the cards in a poker game are face down. "

[Contrary1]

4. Or...you-know-who might have slipped him some tainted moose meat.

One can only imagine where we would be now.

[TheKentuckian]

6. I lean toward agreement, though Rmoney was weirdly saber rattlingly toward Russia in 12 too.

If you are a TeaPubliKlan at this point then the only safe bets are you are dangerously insane and greedy as a fucking dragon.

[spanone]

7. mccain sees the world thru combat glasses...he's dangerous