Cameron on McCain speech: Georgian oil pipeline "very, very important" for U.S. energy independence

During the August 12 edition of Fox News' Your World, Fox News chief political correspondent Carl Cameron said of Sen. John McCain's speech earlier that day in York, Pennsylvania: "Senator McCain opened his remarks talking about his conversation with the Georgian president, talking about the crisis there, saying that he believes that there is a true strategic imperative for the world to take notice and make sure that Georgia is protected because of its oil pipeline, one that does provide energy access across the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea -- a very, very important position for energy independence for the United States to make sure that those sorts of things are protected." Cameron did not explain how the protection of an oil pipeline in Georgia was related to U.S. energy independence.

From the August 12 edition of Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto:

CAMERON: Senator McCain today in York, Pennsylvania, here at the York, Pennsylvania, fairgrounds, had a crowd of about 2,000 people, and when the Straight Talk Express rolled into the actual facility, a big crowd roaring. Senator McCain opened his remarks talking about his conversation with the Georgian president, talking about the crisis there, saying that he believes that there is a true strategic imperative for the world to take notice and make sure that Georgia is protected because of its oil pipeline, one that does provide energy access across the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea -- a very, very important position for energy independence for the United States to make sure that those sorts of things are protected.

In our interview, we talked with him at length, and he suggested that it is entirely likely that the United States failed to recognize the threat of Russia and, particularly, its former president Vladimir Putin.

—J.H.