TPM on McCain Myopia
Joshua Micah Marshall of Talking Points Memo argues that John McCain's foreign policy shortsightedness makes him unfit to command. It's not just Iraq, Marshall says, but a pattern of looking at the world simplistically.Joshua Micah Marshall of Talking Points Memo argues that John McCain’s foreign policy shortsightedness makes him unfit to command. It’s not just Iraq, Marshall says, but a pattern of looking at the world simplistically.
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