‘I’m Very Concerned About Mr. Putin’
December 21, 2007, 7:22am
That’s what Republican presidential candidate John McCain said about Russian President Vladimir Putin, just named “Person Of The Year” by Time magazine, back in 2000 when both McCain and Putin were running for president of their respective countries.
“Yeah, I would meet with him as a candidate,” McCain said in a South Carolina primary debate with then-candidate George W. Bush, “but I think what I would really like to do is send a message to Mr. Putin that we expect certain behavior out of the Russians.”
The video clip was posted to YouTube this week and has earned McCain praise from some bloggers as a foreign policy prophet of sorts. “I have my problems with McCain on domestic policy issues,” wrote Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit, “but on national security and foreign policy he’s good, and this video makes you wonder how he would have done had he won in 2000.”
Bloggers at Eye On ‘08, RedState and Townhall.com also commented on the video.
Categories: Arizona, Sen. John McCain, John McCain, Foreign Affairs
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