John McCain said in his speech last night that terrorists in Pakistan are our ally. He did not say it that directly, but there can be no other implication. This is proves he's living in the Cold War era of foreign policy, where the main enemy is the Soviet Union and Donald Rumsfeld gets chummy with Saddam Hussein while the CIA sends weapons to Osama bin Laden.
Is McCain planning to resume those care packages to al Qaeda? He's starting to sound like it.
Here's what he said said:
Wednesday morning, the McCain called Obama "naive" for saying he'd be willing to use military action against "our ally in Pakistan."
Ok, but he doesn't specify who the ally is. He says the ally is in Pakistan, not that the ally is Pakistan. The ally is whoever Obama said he'd be willing to use military action against. Let's see who that was:
"If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won't act, we will," Obama said.
High-value terrorist targets! That's who Obama would be willing to use force against. So that's who John McCain considers to be our ally.
John McCain, why do you love terrorists so much?
Of course, I suppose I could be nitpicking words to look for a meaning that isn't there. Maybe I'm even distorting what was said or what was meant. But since those are clearly the rules of the game John McCain is playing with regard to this exact quote, we might as well make the next move. It's time for John McCain to answer for his unabashed belief that terrorists are our allies.