Ok, let's talk about Qualifications and Experience (McCain version

[96Qowner]

Ok, then let's do it this way - you ask me what experience McCain has in what area and I'll try to find the time to Google and answer, for the good of the thread. That way, I won't be wasting my time - it'll be something you're actually interested in learning.

I've covered foreign policy experience. Anything else in that area you want to know about?

[rn79870]

Honestly 96, the experience you've cited is not unlike the experience needed for the office of first lady, not the president.

1st. Question. A problem occurs in the middle east. Two countries are on the verge of a military conflict. The red phone rings at 2AM. Who is better qualified to answer that phone and resolve the potential conflict? Why?

[96Qowner]

Who's on the red phone? Dmitry Medvedev?

Probably not, but I get your question anyway, although I suggest a non-military question next time. McCain probably knows the leaders of these imagined countries, personally, so I suspect he'd have a better chance of resolving whatever the issue might be. McCain also knows quite a bit about the military, unlike Obama. I can't imagine why any leader would want to talk to Obama about an impending military conflict. What would be the point? They'd want to talk to one of Obama's advisors, at least I sure would. I wouldn't need a guy to just tell me to be Hopeful, that things will Change.

Are you serious?????

[rn79870]

Who's on the red phone? Dmitry Medvedev?

Probably not, but I get your question anyway, although I suggest a non-military question next time. McCain probably knows the leaders of these imagined countries, personally, so I suspect he'd have a better chance of resolving whatever the issue might be. McCain also knows quite a bit about the military, unlike Obama. I can't imagine why any leader would want to talk to Obama about an impending military conflict. What would be the point? They'd want to talk to one of Obama's advisors, at least I sure would. I wouldn't need a guy to just tell me to be Hopeful, that things will Change.

Are you serious?????

Thanks for responding. Interesting that your first impression was to deem it a military issue for the US. You cleaned it up with the need to negotiate the issue, which is the way I would like to see the problem handled.

I'm afraid that McCain's military experience might see the logical response as a military one when, as I believe, that should always be the last response. We're talking about McCain here so I'll not comment on the other guy.

Do you feel that McCain has a track record of give and take negotiating, or do you see him as more dogmatic, take it or leave it in his approach to world politics? Is a candidate with military experience really the better option in this regard? You don't have to be a b0mber pilot to know what a bomb can do.

Do you disagree with this?

[96Qowner]

You may find that people who have spent a lot of time in the military are very hesitant about committing troops to battle. And I'm not sure why you would think that a phone call from a leader facing a military conflict would provoke our President to commit troops.

Actually, if you've been paying attention to what I've posted about McCain, you'll see that he's quite an accomplished negotiator, and proven it numerous times over his years in the Senate by forging compromises across Party lines, often to the annoyance of Republicans.

Unfortunately, in several minutes of Googling, I didn't find credible examples of McCain praising negotiations as a foreign policy. Of course, most of the threads talk about Iran and North Korea.

As your last question, yes I disagree. I would rather have a bomb in the hands of a b0mber pilot than someone who has only read about bombs. Military experience is useful when facing a military conflict.

I've never really heard people refer to McCain as dogmatic - usually the opposite.

[skylndrftr]

yea like negotiating his way out of a prison sentence when he got busted for bribery...