McCain Blunders Again on Foreign Policy


	McCain Blunders Again on Foreign Policy

blueridge

7-23-2008 11:53 PM

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blueridge says:

The "Iraq-Pakistan Border"? No expert on foreign policy clearly, or even geography. McCain made a big deal about going to Iraq many times before Obama, but he apparently did not learn very much about its location. Maybe that's how he got his plane shot down in Viet Nam.

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