McCain Could Throw the Election over Georgia, LaRouche Says

Aug. 11, 2008 (LPAC)--After hearing about reports that putative Republican presidential nominee John McCain is pushing for a US-Russia showdown over Georgia, Lyndon LaRouche warned today that McCain "is about to throw the election."

"He's about to throw his campaign for President," LaRouche said. "Because if he does that [pushing for U.S.-Russian showdown over Georgia, as the London Daily Telegraph has urged he do--ed], he will have lost the campaign for President of the United States. The American people are not going to put up with any more Cheney-type bullshit; the United States has its belly full of Cheney-type bullshit. McCain has not yet caught up with that reality."

In a speech in Erie PA today, McCain continued to call for a confrontation between the West and Russia, even placing it in religious-warfare terms. "Georgia is an ancient country ... one of the world's first nations to adopt Christianity as an official religion," McCain said. He asserted that Russia is using violence against Georgia to intimidate other neighbors such as Ukraine, and that "the fate of Georgia should be of grave concern to Americans."

McCain insisted that the North Atlantic Council should convene an emergency session, to discuss deploying an international peacekeeping force to South Ossetia, and to consider implications for NATO's future relationship with Russia and the Partnership-for-Peace. McCain also called for an emergency G7 meeting (he has previously called for kicking Russia out of the G8), and said that the United States should immediately consult with Ukraine and others "on steps to secure their continued independence."