McCain: when I looked at Putin's eyes I saw 3 letters: K G B
Pretty amazing stuff from 1999 -- and last year as well -- regarding Putin and Russia by John McCain
Speaking about Chechnya in an appearance at Arizona State University in 1999, McCain said: "The mindless slaughter is being conducted by a Russian military that seeks to reassert itself not only in the former Soviet Union but also to extend its reach throughout what used to be the former Soviet Union in an attempt to fold back into the Russian empire those countries that have broken away from it, most notably Georgia." [Editor: note this was in *1999*] The article link in the title goes to that, video below is a different one - you really should watch it, especially the end where he comes to a full prediction about Putin's puppet president (now obvious to all) and his imperialistic and megalomaniac/dictator-like tendencies.
I do not like McCain on Global Warming and amnesty for illegals, but wow, is he appearing to be ever more prescient on Russia and foreign policy, like he was on the surge in Iraq.
Tom Clancy: His original Ghost Recon game had U.S. special forces secretly going into T'bilisi Georgia to deal with Russian invasion forces backed by ultra-nationalist hardliners. The "future date" of the 2001 game was August 2008. Strange coincidence, eh?
Posted by: OldSpook 2008-08-11