McCain - Iraq, Maliki, Afghanistan - Oops!

We've mentioned previously that McCain still does not know that there is no Czechoslovakia.

Some folks say we should give him a pass. He's just getting a bit older and doesn't remember things so well.

But graduating 5th from the bottom of his class at the Naval Academy might indicate that he didn't learn much to begin with.

The Huffington Post reported that today, on ABC's Good Morning America, John McCain stepped in "it" again. I'm sure that McCain is absolutely befuddled at this point, so that may have something to do with his geography problem. He bugged Obama to go to Iraq and other countries, saying that he just couldn't understand how a man would think he had the ability to be president when he hadn't traveled to war zones and foreign countries. (Not mentioning that Obama had, in fact, visited Iraq a couple of years ago! Hell, he probably didn't know that!)

But Obama took up McCain's challenge and is now tripping about the Middle East and soon to be visiting Europe and everybody seems to think he's the cat's meow.

McCain really screwed up big-time. Not so long ago, when asked what we should do if the Iraqi government asks us to leave that country. He said that we would be wise to consider what the Iraqi leaders wanted relative to the continued presence of American troops in Iraq. "...I don't see how we could stay when our whole emphasis and policy has been based on turning over the Iraqi government to the Iraqi people."

But, when Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's statement supporting a 16-month timetable to move troops out of Iraq was raised, Marc Ambinder, a "senior McCain official" said "[V]oters care about [the] military, not about Iraqi leaders." Oh, oh!

Back to this morning. Maybe he forgot his vitamins? Diane Sawyer asked McCain whether "the situation in Afghanistan is precarious and urgent," and McCain replied, "I think it's serious. ... It's a serious situation, but there's a lot of things we need to do. We have a lot of work to do and I'm afraid it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border."

Think about that a minute. What Iraq/Pakistan border? Iraq and Pakistan don't share a border! There's a big country called Iran between them! If that was a test, you failed, Mr. McCain. Put on the dunce hat and stand in the back of the room!

Not only so, but notice how he sounds too much like da Bush. It's a "serious situation." Then he repeats himself, but adding nothing more so he sounds like an idiot. He goes on to talk about the "struggle"...it's "hard" and "We have a lot of work to do." Da Bush always talks about how things are "hard," and everything is a lot of work, and he's working hard...blah, blah, blah.

McCain/McBush. Yikes!