Russia has now become a nation fueled by petro-dollars that is basically a KGB apparatchik-run government.
John McCainI don't know how you defeat an insurgency unless you have some handle on the number of people that you are facing.
John McCainI have said for a long time that I thought the president would be best served if the attorney general resigned so I think it's the right thing to do.
John McCainThere is always an element of realpolitik that has to be present in the conduct of any nation's national security affairs. At the same time, we have to also have a balance between realpolitik and Wilsonian principles of freedom and democracy and human rights. And maintaining that balance is the greatest challenge that we in the West, including the Federal Republic of Germany, have to face because it's many times a very difficult decision-making process.
John McCain