McCain made a bit of an error...

CCIP · 09-27-08, 02:58 PM

I think McCain's position on this is a real mistake. I really don't see what this "giving legitimacy" thing is all about, but I see the reverse: the refusal to sit down and talk, and the refusal to acknowledge that the other state, however bad, has strategic interests - great way to feed the pet paranoias of regimes like Russia, North Korea and Iran - paranoias which only strengthen the regimes at home and always let them have a 'great satan' to point their finger at and scare kids with. Worse, this actually becomes not just an issue of scaring but really a supportable argument :hmm:

09-27-08, 02:58 PM	#13
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I think McCain's position on this is a real mistake. I really don't see what this "giving legitimacy" thing is all about, but I see the reverse: the refusal to sit down and talk, and the refusal to acknowledge that the other state, however bad, has strategic interests - great way to feed the pet paranoias of regimes like Russia, North Korea and Iran - paranoias which only strengthen the regimes at home and always let them have a 'great satan' to point their finger at and scare kids with. Worse, this actually becomes not just an issue of scaring but really a supportable argument :hmm: __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)