Matt Yglesias

Oct 8th, 2008 at 11:01 am

McCain: Give Money to Scheunemann’s Clients

John McCain wants the next arms package for Taiwan to include F-16 fighters. Conveniently, McCain’s national security adviser slash lobbyist Randy Scheunemann lobbies both for Taiwan and also for the makers of the F-16. To be fair to McCain, his passion for sparking new great power conflict probably exceeds any particular pecuniary considerations.






15 Responses to “McCain: Give Money to Scheunemann’s Clients”

  1. MikeN Says:

    Speaking as a permanent resident of Taiwan, with a home, a business, a Taiwanese wife and three Taiwanese kids, I’m not particularly anxious to secede control of Taiwan’s air-space to those wonderful guys who brought you the Tiananmen Massacre.

    Besides, Taiwan pays cash and you Meiguoren look like you could use all the cash you can get right at the moment.

  2. Jonas Ek Says:

    Corporate America is already a part of the Bush administration. We’ve already seen what it ends up in. What about Cheney and Halliburton and former secretary Rumsfeld and Tamiflu?

    Who needs more of that sad tragedy?

  3. Adrock Says:

    his passion for sparking new great power conflict

    Thats certainly the most important point here, isn’t it? While Taiwanese independence should certainly be a goal of the U.S., approaching the issue with caution and humility isn’t something I’d trust McCain to do.

  4. Jayhawk Max Says:

    But its not an overhead projector in Chicago, so its okay!

  5. Kanchou Says:

    Just to make it clear. Taiwan already have F-16 (Block A/B). What they are looking for is newer Block C/D F-16s. So it’s not a huge upgrade that will drastically change the balance of military power in the region.

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