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Besides his senility, John MCcain's ardent, religious support for the Republic of Georgia further proves to me that he is not fit to be president. Although he claims to be an expert on the country, having visited it multiple times over the past few years and buddying-up with president Saakashvili, he seems to barely understand, or he purposely ignores, the whole situation, the potential contradictories that arise from our one-sided support of this tiny, helpless republic and the political ramifications that may arise. Of course, Russia is taking advantage of Saakashvili's error by aggressively displaying their military might as a warning to Georgia and other former Soviet Republics, but the Georgians are not without blame (as I stated, by trying to "recapture" South Ossettia Saakashvili made a critical, tactical error). South Ossettia is to Georgia as Kosovo is to Serbia, a region that is generally ethnically separate and has no desire to remain a part of its more dominant neighbor (although now it's more of a part of its even more dominant neighbor). The Georgians have been accused of committing various atrocities against Ossettians, and many of these claims may very well be true. McCain has ignored these contradictions (Obama on the otherhand has been relatively quiet about the situation). Supporting Georgia is an effective tool for McCain's campaign; we sympathize with Georgia because they appear to be the underdog, they are being invaded by a paranoid, aggressive Russia that is attempting to regain its power on the international level by bullying its neighbors with its resource wealth and physical force. Georgia is a democracy and Russia, with Medvedev as the puppet President and Putin as the puppeteer, is totalitarian. McCain is strong, he is patriotic, he believes in heaven-ordained ideals of freedom and liberty just like Georgia and Saakashvili. By trying to violently retake a region whose populace wishes to remain autonomous shows us Saakashvili really believes in "freedom". Of course, we can't predict what McCain's true policy will be when he takes office, whether he will continue to support this hardlined, one-sided approach towards Russia, or whether he will attempt something more well-rounded and diplomatic. But this is a warning.