Sunday, September 28, 2008

Watching the Russians too closely

The American:

"If that's what we have to do [operate our military in Pakistan] to stop the terrorists from coming any further in, absolutely, we should," Palin said in the exchange, which was captured on video and reported by CBS News.

[..]

McCain said Palin's exchange was not an official policy statement.

"I don't think most Americans think that that's a definitive policy statement made by Governor Palin," McCain said.


The Russian:


[Boris Yeltsin] spluttered out words to the effect that if President Bill Clinton were to cause some sort of accident in Yugoslavia, Russia would "send a missile".


Mr Yeltsin's press spokesman, Dmitry Yakushkin, moved so fast that journalists were left in no doubt that this could not be regarded as a statement of policy.



Boy, that "narrow maritime border" is looking narrower by the day.

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