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BLOGBURST FOR FRED: MAN THE OARS AND START PULLING
(In light of the SC debate, posting this from RedState earlier in the week.)
Huckabee, Iran and His Foreign Policy Dilemma
Everytime the MSM and Gov. Huckabee try to "ignore" the national security issues facing our country, another item comes slapping them in the face. It is the elephant in the room they do not want to discuss. Last was the ramifications of the assassination of B. Bhutto in Pakistan and now the events this weekend.
On Sunday, Iran speedboats 'threatened suicide attack on US' ships in Strait of Hormuz
http://timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3147217.ece
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080107/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_navy_iran_20In a little covered September 29th speech, Gov. Huckabee came out in favor of normalizing relations with Iran. He also criticized President Bush for naming Iran as part of the "axis of evil." "We haven't had diplomatic relations with Iran in almost 30 years, my whole adult life," Huckabee said. "A lot of good it's done us. Putting this in human terms, all of us know that when we stop talking to a parent or a sibling or a friend, it's impossible to accomplish anything, impossible to resolve differences and move the relationship forward. The same is true for countries."
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01/01/huckabee_criticize...
Gov. Huckabee continues to try to run from his Foreign Affairs article and as he did in Saturday's ABC debate. Challenging Romney on whether he had read the whole article. This from the author whose first line of defense in December was to claim "eight or ten" had a hand in writing the article (with him) and feigning ignorance over it's contents. Alas, it was Huckabee's name on the piece:
http://youdecide08.foxnews.com/2007/12/21/condoleezza-rice-slams-mike-hu...Huckabee tries in vain to claim that executive experience as governor trumps the need for foreign policy experience. Rudy even called him on it by contrasting Ronald Reagan's extensive foreign policy credentials before he became president as an example showing how Huckabee paled in comparison.
Gov. Huckabee's final arguement is his belief in his own judgement on critical matters. Between his multiple and continual gaffes on international affairs and national security and his proven rather poor "judgement" in relying on a "foreign policy team" to help him author such a contested article as his Foreign Affairs sophamoric piece, he only demonstrates that he is not ready for primetime.
This is a post-9/11 world. With respect to the demanding domestic issues facing our country, to discount our nation's defense and national security when choosing a president, only leads to failures adn attacks on our homeland. That is a large part of Clinton's legacy.
New Hampshire may not recognize it. Iowans did not. One can be sure that South Carolina (with the highest military and veterans residence per capita) will get it, despite the MSM and Hucksters trying to "ignore" the elephant in the room.
Comment Posted By Hammer2008 On 10.01.2008 @ 23:52
