Friday, August 15, 2008

McCain: Georgia conflict is the "first serious crisis internationally since the end of the Cold War."

He forgot,

  • 2 August 1990: Iraq invades Kuwait
  • 1 October 1990: Rwanda civil war/genocide
  • 1991: Croats declare independence from Yugoslavia
  • 5 January 1991: Georgia invades South Ossetia, Russia intervenes. Not too different from the war of which McCain speaks
  • 27 June 1991: Slovenians declare independence from Yugoslavia
  • 27 June 1991: Bosnian War - resulting from the dissolution of Yugoslavia
  • 11 December 1994: First Chechen War: Russia invades Chechnya
  • ...
  • 7 October 2001: US and NATO invade Afghanistan
  • 20 March 2003: US and ad-hoc coalition invade Iraq
  • 14 August 2006: 2006 Lebanon War: Mainly between Hezbollah and Israel

For someone who loves war, the only explanation for forgetting these dozens of wars that sparked international crises is senility.

UPDATE: Atrios comments, "I suppose this is a pretty good strategy for pretending the last 8 years didn't happen."

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