John McCain's Piehole, Curiously, Remains Open

By Charles Pierce, Esquire

15 November 13

ere's an opinion about which nobody should care any more.

"Our whole policy in the Middle East-and it reverberates around the world, by the way-is in such disarray that I have never seen anything like it in my lifetime," McCain said. "Fly into Riyadh and talk to the king of Saudi Arabia. Fly into Egypt and praise their steps toward democracy." The Obama administration, McCain argued, is practicing diplomacy by "fire drill." "If America doesn't lead, then bad guys will lead," he added. "And that's just an historical fact and that's the way the world is today."

Well, hell, then, let's just tell them all to stop this bullshit and all will be well.

The Obama administration's approach to striking a nuclear deal with Iran, McCain noted, was fundamentally flawed. "Why should Iran have the right to enrich [uranium] when they have a clear record of seeking to and taking action to acquire nuclear weapons?" he asked. "Canada doesn't exercise a right to enrich uranium. Mexico doesn't."

Well, Canada's too smart to do it. After all, Canada's going to burn down the world with its tar sands anyway, and it can make a buck on that deal. Mexico is an economic basket case. And if Canada did decide to enrich uranium, would John McCain object? And, if so, why? People once thought this guy was a geopolitical thinker. Turns out he's just the grumbly old fart at the end of the bar at the VFW post, gassing on about stuff he doesn't understand.