Well, I'm just not sure which particular excerpts you're objecting to, that's all, Ebbie. My main problem with McCain is his enthusiasm for the war, and for possible future wars. It doesn't give me confidence in what he might do if elected. He clearly believes the "War on Terror" stuff is gospel, and he imagines that the USA is engaged in a titanic struggle to save the world from Islamic fundamentalism. He calls the USA "the last best dream of humanity". Sheesh. I find all that extremely unrealistic on his part. It sure doesn't give much credit to a whole bunch of other democratic societies which have excellent national health programs and don't launch pre-emptive wars on people.

Islamic peoples would not presently be at odds with the USA at all if the USA had not been playing ruthless power games in their countries since the end of WWII.

As Ron Paul says, they don't hate us because we are free...they hate us because we're over there! That is the plain truth. McCain just doesn't get it.

The greatest promoter possible for aggressive Islamic fundamentalism (other than the Arab-Israeli fiasco) has been USA foreign and economic policy in the last 6 decades...all of it aimed at controlling markets and strategic resources that are in other people's countries.