The McCain ad.
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 gammerus
3 months ago
Am I the only one amused by this ad that keeps popping up on plime?

I love how "meet" is the basic equivilent of bush's "negotiate."
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 kerobero...
3 months ago
That's hysterical... We don't know any Anti-American Foreign Leaders aside from maybe the leader of Iran.

We do, however, know A LOT of Anti-Bush Foreign Leaders...

If we stop talking to all of them, who else are we going to talk to?

Enter the Fear of Terrorism into the 2008 electoral campaign.
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 sofsr
3 months ago
I love how it uses the word "Unconditionally".
I don't think ANYONE is advocating meeting hostile nations unconditionally.
Of course, that's politics: Make the biggest ass of yourself as possible.
[Edit:]And what do you know, there it is staring at me on the upper right corner...
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 SkandarG...
3 months ago
Which one of the two do they mean by "Foreign leaders"? For me, not being US or Iranian citizen both of them are foreign.
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 Bornbad
2 months ago
Amerika! Times have changed, kids.
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 steelsHO...
2 months ago
As much as it saddens me that McCain is the best my party can do, I must make two points:

1. It was Obama that first used the word unconditionally when he said he would "meet" with the leaders of nations we currently consider hostile to the US. (Yes, there are anti-American governments regardless of who is currently in the White House.)

2. As to the implication that "meet" means "negotiate": What else would they be "meeting" about? Think maybe Obama is looking to serve tea and get a really good humus recipe?
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 mewhiten...
2 months ago
hmmm I never see ads on plime, I guess my adblocker just works effectively.....but that is one ridiculous ad. Sheesh, so Mccain will refuse to meet with anti-American leaders, what if they want to meet to sign a peace treaty?
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 steelsHO...
2 months ago
« mewhitenoise : hmmm I never see ads on plime, I guess my adblocker just works effectively.....but that is one ridiculous ad. Sheesh, so Mccain will refuse to meet with anti-American leaders, what if they want to meet to sign a peace treaty?
Not the case. The policy of the US government in the past was that certain leaders (aka, terrorists, minor despots, leaders that can't nuke us, etc.) must meet certain requirements before talks can be opened.

Usually it is things like: Declare a ceasefire, stop refining nuclear materials, release hostages, etc.

McCain is not saying do not meet, or that there are no diplomatic resolutions. He is ridiculing the impression Obama made that he would meet with anybody, anytime, with no strings attached.
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