It’s all about the oil, in this game

‘We are all Georgians,” declared Sen. John McCain, swearing his campaign loyalty, and perhaps one day our national blood and treasure – to the homeland of Josef Stalin.

I resist. The Alabaman in me distrusts the Georgian that is President Mikhail Saakashvili. He is, after all, a New York lawyer. As president, this reckless attorney, as blind as his buddy McCain to the lessons of history, gambled that Russia would not fight for its homeland.

The government of Georgia reportedly has paid more than $1 million to the firm of McCain’s top adviser who puts foreign policy words in his candidate’s mouth. The aide, Randy Scheunemann, recently took a pressured leave of absence from his two-man operation that continues to work under contract for President Saakashvili’s government.

Beneath this unethical cloud, Sen. McCain assured his buddy who provoked Russia that: “I know I speak for every American when I say … we are all Georgians.”

No informed American I know supports this folly.

Newsday