Having locked up the Republican nomination, John McCain traveled to Iraq last week in an attempt to reaffirm his military aptitude.
While giving a speech in Baghdad, McCain McCain told reporters that Iran is training Al Qaeda operatives and sending them into Iraq. Senator Lieberman, who was on the podium next to McCain, stepped in to clarify:
Al Qaeda = Sunni
Iranian majority = Shiite
Iraqi majority = Shiite
In fact, just weeks ago Iranian President/madman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made an amicable visit to Baghdad.We already know that many American politicians are ignorant of the nuances of Sunni-Shiite relations in the Middle East (see this former Young Pundits post), but I expected more from McCain.
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I just think it is incredibly funny that he made a mistake like this on a tour that he was trying to use to prove to America how much he knows about terrorism abroad. He also, understandably, got incredibly defensive anytime a reporter asked him about it. I feel like considering so many Americans are really ignorant about this topic, I wonder if they even care that much about the mistake...
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