John McCain again confused Shiites and Sunnis during today's Senate Armed Services hearing, undermining suggestions that the he's just simply having a "McCain moment."
In the past month, the veneer of Sen. John McCain's alleged foreign policy "expertise" has been muddied by his repeated confusion of Sunnis and Shiites. During his Middle East tour, McCain repeatedly claimed that Al-Qaida, a Sunni terrorist organization, was receiving funding and training from Shia Iran. Only later, after Sen. Joe Lieberman whispered a correction in his ear, did McCain acknowledge his error. Problem is, McCain has since repeated his error, over and over again.
Lieberman's lesson has not quite sunk in, it seems. While questioning Gen. David Petraeus about the presence of foreign fighters, McCain referred to Al-Qaida as a Shia organization. Realizing his error, he quickly added a reference to the Sunnis, or "anyone else then" as he put it.
McCain just can't seem to get it right. Perhaps he is also "sleep deprived" or "misspoke" as Hillary puts it. I'm genuinely concerned about this man's inability to get his facts in order, anyone else?
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