John McCain this morning on the situation in Afghanistan:
"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."
as seen on-- and quoted by-- ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
This one should stick because it is symptomatic of a larger problem for McCain-- beyond mere ignorance, it exacerbates an oft-demonstrated indifference to important distinctions, be they between Sunni and Shiite, Iraq and Afghanistan, or... OK, we'll give him a break on Czech and Slovakia subtleties! All of which is perfect for a reprise of stay-the-course, with-us-or-against-us diplomacy, but a warning shot across the bow of any hope of a nuanced foreign policy, something that even the Bush administration has come to realize is essential.
