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Those annoying facts
When the “National Security and Foreign Affairs expert” candidate is not so expert, how worry should we be?
Mr. McCain said several times in his visit to Jordan — in a news conference and in a radio interview — that he was concerned that Iran was training Al Qaeda in Iraq. The United States believes that Iran, a Shiite country, has been training and financing Shiite extremists in Iraq, but not Al Qaeda, which is a Sunni insurgent group.
Mr. McCain said at a news conference in Amman that he continued to be concerned about Iranians “taking Al Qaeda into Iran, training them and sending them back.” Asked about that statement, Mr. McCain said: “Well, it’s common knowledge and has been reported in the media that Al Qaeda is going back into Iran and receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran. That’s well known. And it’s unfortunate.”
It was not until he got a quiet word of correction in his ear from Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, who was traveling with Mr. McCain as part of a Congressional delegation on a nearly weeklong trip, that Mr. McCain corrected himself.
Obviously doesn’t need to be an expert on every detail around the globe, however it seems logical that the experienced candidate will have the basic understanding of the regions he is committing his army for a 100 years of colonialism. On the other hand details are often just annoying and disturbing when a President is busy dreaming about “national greatness” so it is much simpler to ignore them…