Russians Fear Mc Cain?

An OpEd in the Moscow Times as reprinted from the Financial Times London, outlines what the Russian concerns are from a John Mc Cain presidency. In a word it is his Conservative attitude and his prior Conservative statements, plus what the writer Anatol Lieven who is a professor at Kings College, Cambridge describes as being a natural incendiary.

The writer describes the problems as ideology, policies and personality.

Some of the Senator Mc Cain quotes used by the writer are:

In 1999, McCain declared: "The U.S. is the indispensable nation because we have proven to be the greatest force for good in human history. ... We have every intention of continuing to use our primacy in world affairs for humanity's benefit."

McCain declared in 2000: "I'd institute a policy that I call 'rogue state rollback.' 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."

John Mc Cain has made a fact finding visit to the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone on August 26, 2006. His findings did not paint an especially rosy picture of the conflict area. It’s easy to understand why the Russians would be a bit miffed at a Senator from Arizona poking his nose into what could be considered a “sphere of influence” which only until the breakup of the former Soviet Union was a vassal state of the USSR.

The concern of the Russians in regard to Georgian rule in the area is understandable from the viewpoint of the Russians having to take sides. If a war breaks out again the Russians must choose either the Georgians –who are more closely aligned ethnically with Moscow, or choose the South Ossetian break away government which is aligned as a predominantly Sunni Muslim region. Who does Russia want to irritate the least?

For America, the idea of having a small conflict zone in that region which would pressure the Russians to enable or shun either side seems a win/win situation. The beauty of the situation is that it might not even take any external force to foment the discord, but to just allow the situation to take its natural incendiary course. (pun intended)

All of this points to only one issue for me. I may have to do more than hold my nose to vote for the “maverick” of CONgress, I may have to have my nose cauterized instead, but the reality of life today is that John Mc Cain is a better choice than either of the other two pre-schoolers  on the Dim-a-Krat side of the Aisle.

One of the largest problems we as Conservatives will need to keep an eye on is the issue of Illegal Immigration, John wants to bring ‘em in, Nancy Pelosi wants them in, Harry Reid wants them in. The only folks who don’t seem to want a bunch of Illegal Invaders in the Country is… the rest of the Country.

“The super delegate primary doesn't have a chance of becoming a reality if it is not run by the DNC.”

Army Sgt. Bobby Rapp of the 82nd Airborne was a hero. This post is not an attempt to eulogize that young man. I will leave that to the people who knew him much better than I did, who never personally met him.

This does happen to be all about the differences between two communities though. The difference specifially between Bezerekley California and Sonora California. The differences in the size of the two cities is considerable, 101,555 (and going down) vs 4,648 (and climbing) (Berkeley and Sonora respectively)

The differences though are deeper than mere size, dominant architectural themes, U.C. Berkeley and the other surface issues. The difference is how do the people of Berkeley differ from the people of Sonora? I have spent some time looking at both cities now. I grew up in the East Bay Area and was a frequent devotee of the sights and sounds of Berkeley while I was in High School, I have been at or near Sonora for twenty six years now.

The communities of the two cities though have nothing in common at all, the people of the two communities exist as if from different planets. As if they were definitely in opposing countries.

Berkeley wants the military Recruiters to take a hike and not come back. The City of Berkeley renounced that decision only at the threat of losing Federal Pork Barrel money to keep their little homeostasis perking along. The City of Bezerkeley has a history of being disruptive and anti war from the days of the Viet Nam War until today with the current anti war crowd. The difference being that now that same crowd from the sixties is in power at City Hall. So instead of sit ins and demonstrations in the street ad nauseum they simply pass  resolutions at the Council meetings to dishonor the men and women in uniform. The same men and women who fight to preserve the right of those butt monkeys in Bezerkeley to protest and be idiots intent on aiding and abetting the enemies of this Nation by offering moral support to our enemies.

Sgt Bobby Rapp was one of those young men. Sgt Bobby Rapp died in Afghanistan on March 3 2008 defending against an attack on a government building.

The difference in the two cities is this. In the City of Sonora, the death of Sgt Bobby Rapp was given front page coverage. The local paper - The Union Democrat gave over not just an obituary notice to Bobby, he received coverage on three separate days so far. In today’s paper, the paper has a full page article on who he was as a child, as a young man, and finally as a Soldier. Another page of the paper is devoted to a map of the funeral procession, a procession through the City of Sonora eventually winding up at the Sierra Bible Church outside of Sonora. The procession route has been lined with yellow ribbons since the day after the official notice was given to the parents of Bobby. The City streets will be closed down entirely throughout the procession route for as long as needed. The support from the community is total.

Even the local anti war crowd have taken a hiatus from making any noise about the war. For those in this community it's not about the larger issue of whether the War on  Jihad is right or wrong, it does happen to be all about a local boy who went to war in defense of his Nation and is now coming home for the final time.

B Hussein O maintains to be staunchly Christian in his outlook and in his life. And in that he does appear to have more going for him than the Shrew of Arkansas seems to have. The question remains though why such a high profile figure as O Hussein has incurred nop wrath from any of the Muslim clerics who are normally quick draw freaks against anything, anywhere which is anti-muslim.

Why is there no mention of the issue with or from any muslim in this nation or outside the country? Why does B Hussein O go out of his way to stand in unity with Louis Farrakhan and his hatred of all who are white? Doesn't B Hussein O want to be the President of all of America? Or is he interested only in supporting both Farrakhan and his (B Hussein’s O's) church with its blacks only slanted view of Christianity?

Why does B Hussein O have such a rosy view of Islam? In an earlier post I mentioned the article from Hawaiian  reporter  Frank Salvato in which B Hussein O lauds the sound of the Islamic call to prayer as "the prettiest sound on earth" Somehow that line of reasoning doesn't translate in to the man or woman we need to combat the War on Jihad (terror is after all only a feeling we have in relation to the people who constitute the threat)   I am not certain if B Hussein O is a muslim mole or not, at the end of the day, no one but B Hussein O can read his own heart in that issue. But to tell us he was not influenced by his childhood of muslim  schooling, and the faith of his father is belied by a comment from Jonah Goldberg:

Recently Jonah Goldberg wrote about a 2007 New York Times interview of Barack Obama with Nicholas Kristof, who documented, “Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated...Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as ‘one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.’”

How can a person recite the opening lines from a prayer from childhood, and also state they were not influenced?

Seems like the USA needs more of an individual who is not as concerned with the ''feelings'' of the enemy and more in tune with how to wipe them from the face of the earth. The Qur’an doesn’t allow for living at peace with any except fellow believers, and even then they have to be of exactly the same form of belief. If your muslim neighbors follow the wrong Imam they are just as bad as an unbeliever... or worse!

Europe has tried the concept of living in harmony with the muslim immigrants, it's not working. Print the wrong cartoon? Get ready to rumble in the 'hood.