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Top adviser: McCain would not get in way of Israel-Syria talks
By Reuters
Tags: Iran, Syria, McCain, Israel

Republican presidential nominee John McCain would not get in the way of communication between Israel and Syria, a top adviser said Tuesday.

"A McCain administration's not going to second guess Israel's security decisions, whether they're decisions about who they engage with diplomatically or whether they're decisions about who to confront militarily," Randy Scheunemann, McCain's senior adviser on foreign policy, told Reuters.

Scheunemann rejected as a "caricature" concerns by critics that a McCain
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dministration would be "warmongering" and said Iran, whose president has predicted Israel's demise, would face further sanctions before military force would be considered.

"In connection with Iran he's made clear there is much more that we can, must, and should do on the financial, economic, diplomatic, and political sanctions before any decision has to be made on military force," Scheunemann said.

The adviser also said McCain would rethink U.S. and transatlantic policy toward Russia if he wins the White House, making it a top priority in his first 100 days in office. He added that Russia's invasion of Georgia illustrated McCain's warnings that Moscow was a threat to its neighbors.

In addition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Scheunemann said top priorities in the opening months of a McCain administration would include talks with North Korea about its nuclear program, reviving the Doha Round of world trade negotiations and working on relations with Pakistan.


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      1.   Of course McCain would play the role of a "warmonger"..... 22:14  |  Swiss (Dino) 23/09/08
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      5.   War-mongering has come out of fashion ... 02:05  |  Axel 24/09/08
      6.   #3 Mark of Lewiston, you must be kidding 02:37  |  Mark B. 24/09/08
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