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Eberle focused on a segment of the McCain speech that included the statement that "Relations with our southern neighbors must be governed by mutual respect, not by an imperial impulse or by anti-American demagoguery. The promise of North, Central, and South American life is too great for that. I believe the Americas can and must be the model for a new 21st century relationship between North and South. Ours can be the first completely democratic hemisphere, where trade is free across all borders, where the rule of law and the power of free markets advance the security and prosperity of all."

McCain's strange rhetoric about "North, Central, and South American life" reflects a view that nation-states are disappearing and being replaced by regional alliances and institutions. He referred to "the powerful collective voice of the European Union," as if the U.S. response would have to be submersion of our voice in a larger hemispheric entity. But McCain seems to be calling for something beyond even a North American Union (NAU) of the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. He talked about "creating the new international institutions necessary to advance the peace and freedoms we cherish," as if they would be built on top of the EU and the NAU.

Earlier, McCain had declared, "With globalization, our hemisphere has grown closer, more integrated, and more interdependent. Latin America today is increasingly vital to the fortunes of the United States. Americans north and south share a common geography and a common destiny." But why should trade with America's neighbors necessarily lead to a "common destiny?" This implies a political merger of the U.S. with other countries.

Nuclear Disarmament

"We should work to reduce nuclear arsenals all around the world, starting with our own," McCain said. This appeared to be a call for unilateral nuclear disarmament. He went on to call for the U.S. to lead "a global effort at nuclear disarmament." This, too, seems to require more reliance on international institutions, in this case the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Indeed, McCain in the past has called for more funding for the IAEA.

McCain added, "We have to strengthen our global alliances as the core of a new global compact - a League of Democracies - that can harness the vast influence of the more than 100 democratic nations around the world to advance our values and defend our shared interests." But as I noted in a recent piece, (web site) "McCain, Soros, and the New World Order," this is a liberal project that is being currently funded by left-wing billionaire George Soros and managed by former Clinton officials. It has nothing to do with democracy but is intended to create another global institution that will eventually help strengthen the U.N.

After calling for the closing of the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay (but not saying where he would put the detainees), McCain declared that "There is such a thing as international good citizenship." This is the kind of rhetoric we would expect from an advocate of world government. If Hillary or Obama were spouting such silly rhetoric, conservatives would be laughing at them.

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