What McCain has announced is momentous -- that the United States should adopt a policy of active exclusion and hostility toward two major global powers. It would reverse a decades-old bipartisan American policy of integrating these two countries into the global order, a policy that began under Richard Nixon (with Beijing) and continued under Ronald Reagan (with Moscow). It is a policy that would alienate many countries in Europe and Asia who would see it as an attempt by Washington to begin a new cold war. [...]
The single most important security problem that the United States faces is securing loose nuclear materials. A terrorist group can pose an existential threat to the global order only by getting hold of such material. We also have an interest in stopping proliferation, particularly by rogue regimes like Iran and North Korea. To achieve both of these core objectives -- which would make American safe and the world more secure -- we need Russian cooperation. How fulsome is that likely to be if we gratuitously initiate hostilities with Moscow? Dissing dictators might make for a stirring speech, but ordinary Americans will have to live with the complications after the applause dies down.
I always liked that Zakaria guy. Partly because he's a sensible expert on world affairs, and partly because he's the Indian Willem Dafoe.
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and partly because he's the Indian Willem Dafoe.
That's fucking hilarious. I just laughed so loud I think I scared the birds.
You know what's funny is that I've always thought that myself.
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I'm with Toast. Excellent call.
Also, Willem Dafoe is kind of awesome.
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