"And it's my fault that I said to Senator McCain that this is the Israeli version of Halloween...."

[laststeamtrain]

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McCain made the incorrect statement during a press conference with Defense Minister Ehud Barak after touring the Israeli city of Sderot to view buildings damaged by Hamas rocket fire. McCain was discussing the numerous rock attacks on the city. "Nine hundred rocket attacks in less than three months, an average of one every one to two hours. Obviously this puts an enormous and hard to understand strain on the people here, especially the children. As they celebrate their version of Halloween here, they are somewhere close to a 15-second warning, which is the amount of time they have from the time the rocket is launched to get to safety. That's not a way for people to live obviously.".

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McCain’s mistake wasn’t a big deal. But what is interesting, Appelbaum points out, is Lieberman's role during this trip. In two days, Lieberman has intervened twice in front of the press -- once helping McCain with a correction on Sunnis/Shiites and once putting the blame on himself regarding the description of Purim...http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/03/20/787720.aspx

[bryant69]

1. I don't know - McCain is selling himself as the expert on foreign affairs

I'd say maybe it is kind of a big deal that he doesn't have more confidence in dealing with the middle east - or that he is so confident in wrong information.

Bryant
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[Lasher]

2. Hmmm. Maybe they found themselves another Saint Ronnie after all. n/t