Cold War Redux

Remember the Cold War? A major portion of the Cold War involved fighting proxy battles through a number of countries. The strategies included trying to overthrow the governments of Communist countries with internal uprisings, such as the Bay of Pigs invasion. Does John McCain want a repeat, or does he foresee a different vision of international diplomacy? Apparently, he wants both.

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In 2000, when answering a question regarding the American international policy he would instate, John McCain answered as such:

"I'd institute a policy that I call 'rogue state rollback. I would arm, train, equip, both from without and from within, forces that would eventually overthrow the governments and install free and democratically- elected governments."

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What about nowadays?

He denied the desire to start international wars.

"I wasn't saying that we should go around and declare war. I was saying that we nations of like values and principles and belief in democracy and freedom should make efforts to modify the behavior of other nations."

Perhaps when a number of comments like these are made over a long period of time, they're easy to overlook. But when you see them here both together, you realize that not only has McCain's position changed on yet another thing, but that this time, he denies even having the former position. Was it a lie? Was it just forgetfulness? Aren't both as troubling?

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