Russia puts "the 3am phone call" back in our politics!

Remember the Clinton 3am phone call commercial? In the end, it helped McCain because he is more qualified than Clinton or Obama to deal with such problems.

The Georgia-Russia crisis reminds us that we live in a very dangerous world. It demonstrates how important it is to have a president who understands these dangers.

Fred Thompson has a great post today:

"While this crisis plays out we should also note that these events give evidence of a larger reality: the next American President is going to face an international landscape that is more difficult and treacherous than we have ever faced."

Yes, Obama wants to focus on college loans and universal health care.

McCain understands that there is a lot more to the presidency than telling college students what they want to hear.

In other words, BO wants to be your pal. McCain wants to be your president!

Wonder how Georgia, Ukraine, Poland and NATO feel about Obama now? This is what Obama said to left wing Dem voters back in the primaries:

"I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems......I will not weaponize space.....I will slow development of future combat systems......and I will institute an independent "Defense Priorities Board" to ensure the quadrennial defense review is not used to justify unnecessary spending......I will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons......and to seek that goal, I will not develop nuclear weapons......I will seek a global ban on the production of fissile material......and I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert.....and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals... " (Obama Nation)

Question: Wonder how Poland, et al, feel about BO?

Again, we live in a very dangerous world, no matter how much BO wants to talk about "college loan programs" or blame Mexico for Ohio's job losses.

BO is not ready for the "3am phone call" or any other phone call.

Last, but not least, see The 3 A.M. Phone Call Is Real---Now who do you want picking it up on our end? By Mona Charen:

"Well, yes, and lions should lie down with lambs.

But back in the real world, the United Nations has never been able to stop a conflict the parties did not wish to suspend.

And since Russia holds a veto, no resolution from the Security Council would be possible.

As Claudia Rosett of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies put it:

“U.N. mediators can’t even protect the dissident monks of Burma or the opposition in Zimbabwe, let alone a small country trying to fight off single-handed an invasion by the Russian army.”

Sen. McCain’s response was more muscular."