As we are all aware, John McCain has made it his business to ensure that we are all perfectly up to date on just how badly Iran wants to nuke the United States. However, between his Bomb Iran song and shipping cigarettes to kill Iranian civilians, it looks like McCain forgot to check the threat out for himself.
[W]hen ABC’s Charlie Gibson asked McCain yesterday if an Israeli strike against Iran would be "jusified" in light of Iran’s recent missile tests, McCain said that he couldn’t determine "the nature of the threat" from Iran[.]
According to Think Progress, John McCain openly admitted that he has no idea why Iran is such a grave danger. From the interview:
GIBSON: Would a strike by Israel be justified and what would you say to the Israelis?
MCCAIN: I can’t know whether a strike would be justified because I don’t know the progress or the significance or the nature of the threat. I know the threat is growing because of the continued development of nuclear weapons.
For all of his experience and judgment that will protect the nation, McCain has become increasingly more likely to admit that he has no idea what is happening. Now this wouldn't be such a monumental mistake if he wasn't claiming Iran is the reason the world is bad things happen in the world.
His commentary is typical of GOP talking points. Even though he admits he is uninformed, a few minutes later he hypes Iran's threat again. Think Progress noticed:
Later in the interview, however, McCain insisted that the Iranian threat was nevertheless "serious." As Matt Duss notes: "McCain has repeatedly demonstrated that, regardless of whatever experience or judgment he may possess, he simply hasn’t done his homework on the region of the world most likely to command the next administration’s attention."
This a telling indicator of what a McCain presidency would be like. Facts? Who needs those when you have intuition. And again, like I always seem to be asking, will the media cover it or will they bury it as maverick-iness? I guess we'll find out.
Here is the link of the interview