McCain's proposal to kick Russia out of G-8 is bold and unlikely

Source: McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — John McCain dropped a little-noticed bombshell into his March foreign-policy address: Boot Russia from the G-8, the elite club of leading industrial democracies whose leaders try to coordinate economic policies.

One major problem: He can't do it because the other G-7 nations won't let him.

But the fact that he's proposing to try, risking a return to Cold War tensions with the world's second-largest nuclear power after 20 years of prickly partnership, raises questions about McCain's judgment. It also underscores that many of his top foreign-policy advisers are of the same neo-conservative school that promoted the war in Iraq , argue for a tougher stance toward Iran and are skeptical of negotiating with North Korea over its nuclear program.

The Group of Eight , or G-8, as it's popularly known, makes decisions by consensus, so no single nation can kick out another. Most experts say the six other countries— Great Britain , France , Italy , Germany , Japan and Canada — would never agree to toss Russia , given their close economic ties to their neighbor. A senior U.S. official who deals with Russia policy said that even Moscow would have to approve of its own ouster, given how the G-8 works.



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If he's elected, the world is fucked.

Best thing he's done for the Democratic Party in weeks.

to get people who still like George Bush to vote for him.

gotta toss those nuggets of stupid to the true believers.

We distance ourselves and discourage dialogue and meeting with perceived enemies. Then, the media keep feeding a bunch of fear mongering in peoples' heads to where we have images of people from other countries that are exaggerations at best and fallacies at worst.

Ya think???

of alienating the rest of the world as much as we possibly can. No wonder they want Condi as V.P., she's doing such a bang-up job. STAY THE COURSE!

What a jackass. This does make me feel a little better this morning though... and you know why :eyes: