Alleged "moderate" McCain MORE hawkish than Bush

[jackson_dem]

McCain More Hawkish Than Bush on Russia, China, Iraq

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March 12 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain is at least as determined as George W. Bush to stay the course in Iraq and more confrontational than the president on foreign policy issues ranging from Russia and China to North Korea.

The perception that McCain is less bellicose than the administration is belied by his own positions. He's skeptical about Bush's plan to provide nuclear fuel to North Korea. He has signaled he would be tougher on China. And he called Russia's elections ``rigged'' even as Bush said he wanted a ``close'' relationship with the president-elect.

``On Russia and China, he is clearly more hawkish than Bush,'' said Ken Weinstein, chief executive officer of the Hudson Institute, a research group in Washington.

McCain, 71, an Arizona senator, departs for Europe and the Middle East this week, having weathered the contest for the Republican presidential nomination with his image as an internationalist on foreign policy largely intact.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aXq0v7kUajQ8&refer=us

[pork medley]

1. i dont know if "hawkish" is the right word for bush

"buzzardly" is more like it

[cornermouse]

2. Around here, he's called a liberal.

Really.

[jackson_dem]

4. Where are you?

I can't imagine living somewhere where McCain is considered a liberal!

[mamre11]

3. McCain the malitia man

I was really surprised when my conservative friends said that McCain is too liberal for them. I agree that he seems to be just as psychotically conservative if not more than Bush. I can just see him now driving around in his pick up truck with the confederate flag on the window and guns strapped to the back. I just hope whoever the Dem. is he/ she can win so we don't have to be subject to McCain's reign of terror.