Comments on: McCain, Obama both speak with Georgian president

By: gq

gq — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:52:03 +0000

At least they see eye to eye on this matter.

By: kat

kat — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:32:21 +0000

It`s very interesting to watch CNN talking about Russian troops invaiding Georgia and at the same time showing how Georgian army is bombing civilians. No wonder americans think russians are so cruel. But as russian i can`t even beleive that such thing is even going on. I mean Georgia has always been our friend, i can`t understand why this Saakashvili started all that. especially on the first days of the olympic games

By: The Iraq war IS legal

The Iraq war IS legal — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:26:36 +0000

And to further emphasize his knowledge of foreign policy, Obama flew to Atlanta for a face to face meeting............

By: Griff

Griff — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:25:02 +0000

Don't worry Mister.. Enough rope, and Russia will hang itself...
They are surrounded by little countries, who still feel the "Pain" from Communist Russia...

By: tom, boston

tom, boston — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:22:11 +0000

this guy is a US-trained lawyer. what a surprise.

By: keith proctor

keith proctor — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:19:32 +0000

I think McCain and Obama greatly overstepped their bounds on this one.

Georgia is at war with Russia - not exactly a good time to make competing political calls to a leader on the other side of the world who has more important things to do than be a prop for campaign news fodder.

By: grant

grant — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:10:28 +0000

The idiot Mikhail Saakashvili started this mess by shelling civilians and killing an estimated 1,400. Where is the condemnation from our western leaders?

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:08:01 +0000

If McCain the war monger had his way he would send troops.

By: Ted van Tol

Ted van Tol — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:56:38 +0000

If you ask me, Barack Obama will be a good diplomat advising
the Rusian and the Georgien leader. And I am realy sure they will listen to him. Barack is a man who can bring peace in this world.
I realy do not understan why there is so many doubt on his experience. With all the issues of the last year it is clear the
Barack has the right judgement.
McCain comes always later with more or less the seem ideas.
Stil Barack has just 5 points lead on McCain.
Barack can do everyting but I think the only chance to become the next President is to turn white!

Europe for Obama
With love from the Netherlands

By: Save Us!

Save Us! — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:54:08 +0000

Im sure all Johnny McSurge talked about was whats the most effective way to start World War III.

By: The cradle of war

The cradle of war — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:47:32 +0000

It's back for sure; whether it proves to be the 'hot' or 'cold' version remains the only unanswerd question. WAR is reborn, again.

By: ex-Republican for Obama

ex-Republican for Obama — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:41:19 +0000

America needs Obama as commander in chief now, not that rich, old,
out -of -touch guy with a huge temper.

By: Tyler in Raleigh

Tyler in Raleigh — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:36:08 +0000

This is not the US business. We ourselves had a civil war.... we didn't need Russia to tell us how to handle our internal affairs. Should they have told us that the South was a soverign state and threaten us if we tried to unite the US again?

By: Tennessee

Tennessee — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:29:09 +0000

Does obama know where Georgia is located on a globe. . .(hint) Atlanta is not the capital.

Anyone but Obama '08

By: Last Honest Man

Last Honest Man — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:18:54 +0000

I call on Russia to............give me a break.

I'm still trying to figure out why the wimps at CNN did not print my comments on the EDWARDs deception (husband and wife).

By: CONSERVATIVE VOTER

CONSERVATIVE VOTER — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:18:43 +0000

Mc Cain has been in Washington for 26yrs, yet HIS RESUME IS DEFINITELY NOT IMPRESSIVE.This is his 2nd TIME RUNNING FOR THE PRESIDENCY , YET HE IS HAS NO COMPREHENSIVE PLANS , therefore the BASIS of his campaign is MUD- SLINGING at his opponent. He is JEALOUS of Obama's youth, intelligence, crowd appeal, vision,leadership, judgment and his oratory skills. For someone with all those years in politics he should have leading Obama by double digits, instead he is trailing behind that he has to resort to Juvenille pranks.

By: obama is the most dangerous man alive

obama is the most dangerous man alive — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:09:07 +0000

Their is something very wrong in this country when 90% of the black people are voting for a candidate just because he's black.They'll say color has nothing to do with it but we know that is a lie.
This country is not ready for a black president because 90% of the black population is so willing to base their vote on nothing more than color. If you really want to see the door open to a really bad situation in this country then vote for obama. He is without a doubt the most dangerous man in America.

By: DC Insider

DC Insider — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:00:24 +0000

McCain advised the President of Georgia not to antagonize Russia into a broader conflict , withdraw Georgian troops from the area under dispute, and recommended they pursue all diplomatic channels through the US Britian France Germany and the UN

Obama suggested to the Georgian President that he should inflate the tire pressure on all his army venhicles to get maximum mileage. He also urged tax cuts to give his economy a boost

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:54:45 +0000

Though I agree this is a hugely significant issue and that our presidential candidates need to be intimately aware of its occurence, I am sure the Georgian president has better things to do right now than cater to McCain and Obama's need to look presidential.

By: obama is the most dangerous man alive

obama is the most dangerous man alive — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:42:19 +0000

obama, shut up and sit down. Who are you trying to kid? You are such a joke.

By: DAN

DAN — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:41:37 +0000

It's true that McCain has been warning us about Russia and Putine for years now while Obama still hasn't held one oversite hearing that he's chairing on Afganistan. Obama talks alot but is a present voter except when he voted for the Bush Chenney energy plan that McCain voted against with Hillary because it gave to much money to the oil companies. He so not the one.

By: KenM

KenM — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:39:55 +0000

All Obama has to do is show up for a photo op and all will be well. They will simply cease since the one says so.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:33:25 +0000

The only reason this is gaining much faster attention by the US than Kosovo did, is because there is oil involved, oil with direct US interests.

By: Denzelw

Denzelw — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:25:38 +0000

as a russian, i must say: the us official view is all but balanced. it looks like all that is driving the us, quite pragmatically, is us' own economic interest, not the humanitarian reality. georgians came in during the night shooting andgrenading the civilians. georgians did not sign peace treaty. georgian president is a puppet for the US. what politician in the right mind would address his nation declaring a war to a superpower in non-native English language. it is doubtful that all people in the country understood first hand what he said. cowardly stupid biased action by a politician who screwed his own country – this is what us politicians are currently officially supporting.

By: The Nightingale Sings in Berkley Square

The Nightingale Sings in Berkley Square — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:25:32 +0000

Hey I don't think Mr. Ridge is up for the job. I prefer Mitt Romney or Charlie Crist from Florida for VP

Regardless I will wholeheartedly support either candidate that McCain selects as his VP

Obama is a loser, a flip flopper and can't be trusted.

Hussein Obama is as green as the July Corn in the midwest. Nice to look at, but not ready for prime time.

By: John Starnes Tampa Florida

John Starnes Tampa Florida — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:21:40 +0000

So John McCain fully approves of and supports George Bush's unprovoked and illegal attempted conquest and occupation and colonization of oil-rich Iraq, a sovereign nation, yet lectures Russia on its attack of Georgia, a state that had suceded from the Russian union some years back. This is bald-faced hypocrisy at its worst and makes clear he would continue Bush's alienation of America from the world as a "rogue nation" that personifies "do as I say, not as I do...or else".

By: Farrell, Houston, Tx

Farrell, Houston, Tx — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:20:21 +0000

Sounds like McCain is ready to bomb, bomb, bomb so Russia better take his warning serious because McCain is not interested in Obama's kind of diplomacy.

By: randy

randy — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:18:29 +0000

Tough talk john macain.if republicans havent learn the side of tough talk when it comes national security.the should learn it vladimir putin this guy dont talk to talk he works all over it.we need on on president who look tough talks to talk and also work.and that is obama will be the strongest US president he dont talk to much what count is your action.

By: Larry Tyus

Larry Tyus — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:13:01 +0000

It never amaze me that the US and it allies have the guts to speak out about another country aggression upon another nation but fail to talk about the same types of aggression that they have used against other nations. Let the American people remember that we are at war in to country nations based on lies and falsehood then there is the Jewish nation killing of palestine over land that they have no rights to. Lets see if the US is going to challenge another nation that is just as powerful as we are or will we continue to pick conflicts with lesser nation. Once again we will get the opportunity to see two superpower at odds with each other so this lead to the question of which one will blink my money is on the US blinking first.

By: Dem

Dem — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:12:35 +0000

McCain's next "war"

I bet he's super excited!

By: randy

randy — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:11:10 +0000

Russians may be thinking that the are powerful and the can do anything to georgia and get away with it well the international community will put them back to the place the were in the 90s.

By: randy

randy — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:06:48 +0000

Well we hope that russia need to understand that the USSR is dead and it is not coming back to live.georgia protect your country at all cost.

By: ALECO1 -----NOKOMIS,FL

ALECO1 -----NOKOMIS,FL — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:05:35 +0000

JOHN McCAIN SAYS WE SHOULD INVADE RUSSIA AND IRAN.
BOMB BOMB BOMB McCAIN, HE SAYS HE KNOWS HOW TO WIN WARS-THE ONLY PROBLEM, IT MAY TAKE HIM 100 YEARS.

P.S.-TO PAY FOR THESE WARS HE WILL BORROW MORE MONEY FROM CHINA.

I THINK I WILL VOTE FOR OBAMA.

By: Senator John Magoo

Senator John Magoo — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:03:06 +0000

McCain seems to be a international name dropper. For all his rhetoric he has no influence on the situation. Why would he call Georgia twice? Did he forget the first call?

Republicans know how to get elected, they just don't know how to govern.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:56:35 +0000

I wonder if Obama thinks the state of Georgia is under attack, it's times like this that his inexperience is so obvious.

By: Leko

Leko — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:52:39 +0000

They talked to Gorgian authorities, they hardly talked to Russian authorities, but they have never talked to South Osetian people who are the real victims in this conflict. Why has not anybody asked opinions of the Osetians, 1600 of whom were killed by the Georgian Army on the first day of the conflict when there were no Russian forces in Georgia?

By: McWar

McWar — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:32:35 +0000

Although the war in Georgia is condemned by most, John McWar is the only politician so quick to go as far as to say that Russia should be kicked out of the G8 – Not even the United Nations, not Barack Obama not even George Bush is talking this extreme this early. People, you are warned, if McWar becomes the next president be prepared to be at war with almost every country – even Canada for saying the word "eh" too much!

By: Texas Trail Dog!

Texas Trail Dog! — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:30:11 +0000

COULD ANY OF YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THE HELL GOOD DOES IT DO FOR EITHER OF McCAIN AND OBAMA TO SPEAK WITH GEORGIAN PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI? THEY REPRESENT NOBODY AND WHAT'S MORE IT'S NOT THE GEORGIA PRESIDENT THAT NEEDS TALKING TO IT IS PUTIN OF RUSSIA. STUPID, STUPID, STUPID.

IT'S A DRAW ON SELECTING EITHER McCAIN OR OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT. THEY'RE BOTH IDIOTS.

HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT 08!!!!

By: bob in LA

bob in LA — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:29:51 +0000

Since neither is an offical nominee and I think they should stay out if international politics. Obama, back to bodysurfing and McCain, its nap time. Yuo will need your rest to understand how the telegragh wroks.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:27:06 +0000

Obama is quoted as saying, you know, I spent a few years in another country when I was like 8, so, I think I am more than qualified to, you know, uhh, umm advise you on this.

By: John Starnes Tampa Florida

John Starnes Tampa Florida — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:19:47 +0000

By: greenfun

greenfun — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:17:36 +0000

I thought BO was in Hawaii while HRC was out campaigning for him. Slacker.

By: Warning

Warning — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:13:39 +0000

Pleace Stop Bombing Georgia Place

By: PUMA-Jessie

PUMA-Jessie — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:13:35 +0000

I think both these guys should stay out of foreign policy now. What happened to the time old policy that politics stop at the waters edge. They can not speak with authority and commit this nation to any course of action. All they might do is confuse the situation.. On top of that when it comes to foreign policy Obama is dumb as a rock. He is a serial flip flopper and will do or say anything to sway a vote.

By: len

len — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:04:15 +0000

Barack Obama's approach of "talking" with the enemy/adversary proves to be weak because of its results. I agree that all avenues should be used before force. But Obama's "kumbaya" approach is not a strong position before enemies of the character of Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamfacists. The Russians little by little are going back to their style of the old Soviet Union. Jimmy Carter's style created more problems than any, if any at all, solved situations. The position is not to be a bully, but to make those who hate the US that we will not stand idle before their threats and actions agains the US and our friends.

By: Jon Ross

Jon Ross — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:59:25 +0000

The international community no longer takes America seriously when it sees a large number of our citizens supporting and swooning over someone of like Obama who is such a frightening shell. We will see this chaos escalate up until the U.S. election. If Obama wins there will be a world wide meltdown of violence because they know America when no longer defend ifself or its allies.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:56:33 +0000

Georgia is a known trouble maker, I want my elected officials to stay as far from her as possible

By: Darryl Miller

Darryl Miller — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:55:14 +0000

The real question is what is the " UN" doing as well as other member of the "G-8". Our current President is playing "Volleyball". The world leadership at it's finest..

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:51:58 +0000

I'm surprised that CNN posted an article like this without even mentioning that McCain's foreign policy adviser – Randy Scheunemann – was a lobbyist for Georgia for several years and is still a principal at the lobbying firm working for Georgia.

Whether that hurts or helps McCain, shouldn't you at least MENTION it to put his position into perspective?

By: Democrat No More/San Diego

Democrat No More/San Diego — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:51:45 +0000

With the latest crisis in the world my vote for McCain is now etched in stone. Obama is too young, too inexperienced and too arrogant to be the leader of our country. What a lost opportunity it was not to have nominated Hillary with Obama as her VP. The White House would have been a democratic for 16 years.