A Look at the Candidates Foreign Policy Positions »
Posted by: jovial 8 months agoIt is commonly believed in Europe that anyone would be more competent that George W. Bush when it comes to foreign policy. But with Clinton tough on Iran and most of the Republicans willing to follow Bush off the foreign policy cliff, that could be a pipe dream.
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jovial8 months ago
A more objective, refreshing look at the Presidential candidates foreign policy positions from a European perspective.
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ciera-marie8 months ago
aniokly:
Did not mean to give you a positive vote.
At least he is trying to do something about the war in Kenya. President Bush has known about since 2001. What has he done about it?
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DarkWizard8 months ago
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John C. Hulsman writes, "Perhaps it is time to remind the country that in the old days, American voters put genuine intellectuals such as Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt into the White House. They did so for a reason."
Herein lies the rub: We have traded in genuine intellectuals for the best dressed, the best looking, the cleverest sound-bites, and the best writers. The intellectual isn't "cool" enough to get the vote of this American Idol society.
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jovial8 months ago
The football star gets the babes. The nerd always gets sloppy seconds. LOL!
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Beau78908 months ago
Anti-intellectualism has been mainstream in this country since at least the days of McCarthyism and the Eisenhower vs. Stevenson presidential races, when "eggheads" were painted as dangerous Communist subversives.
It's stronger than ever today, now that media continually celebrates stupidity--creating fame from the idiotic acts of people known only for being rich and acting outrageous.
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AnteUp8 months ago
DarkWizard ~
You are pointing out the real problem for voters of either
party. The attention to photo-ops, catchy sound bites and
above all - demeanor trumps all!
If Fred Thompson had taken his Geritol - the Republicans
were ready give it all to him. I had told my husband to
watch for "Reaganesque" - it would be coming. We actually
heard some talking head use the term once but surprisingly
to lots of people - 'Ol Fred was trudging not striding and
the enthusiasm faded. They didn't know what he stood for -
he was a Republican; had a voice they could relate to and
looked the part! Hell of a reason to choose the leader of the free world - eh?
I remember Paul Krugman advanced the idea that we were
in desperate need of an egghead right now - I don't think
he could have been more correct. Too bad so many are
"channel surfing" for the right look.
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hyperbola8 months ago
Spiegel has gone downhill in recent years. Now they do no better than an American offering trivial observations about US politics?
Spiegel got its reputation by investigative journalism of things like corruption in the German Defense Dept. If they really wanted to keep up that tradition with respect to America, they would be investigating this:
US Officials who sold nuclear secrets named
News รข;; The former FBI translator has named all the individuals who -- she says -- played a role in the convoluted tale of treasonous activity that she uncovered while working for the Bureau. As added value, I'm including a few biographical details. (Larisa Alexandrovna offers her own list here.)
http://news.propeller.com/story/2008/01/08/us-o...
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AnteUp8 months ago
hyperbola ~
I found a story in my inbox this morning due to my Google
alert for "Israeli arms sales".
http://www.dailyscare.com/2770/the-bomb-in-the-...
It's a good sized piece but goes clear back to the BCCI
scandal! I read "The Crimes of Patriots - A True Tale of
Dope,Dirty Money, and the CIA" by Jonathan Kwitny
years ago on that same topic. It was shocking and I would
still reccommend it or his other book, "Endless Enemies -
the Making of An Unfriendly World". Kwitny,a Wall Street
Journal reporter for 16 years and highly respected, is sadly
no longer with us but the same cast of bad guys are still
apparently playing the game - Amazing!
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jordan118 months ago
Right now he is nosing into the Rebel war in Kenya. That won't work either. He thinks visiting his Grandmothers hut in Kenya gives him foreign policy experience.>>>>
No, that's not why he visits Kenya. He has ties there. He concerns himself with those who are in trouble there, just like he concerned himself with the poor in Chicago, & gave up the big bucks to work with them on improving their situation. There is no candidate with the negotiation skills of Obama. He proved that when a young man, as President of the Harvard Law Review. I'm sure you know nothing about the Law Review, so this link might help. This man is no slouch, and he isn't stupid, and he has more experience with negotiation than any other candidate. He has LIVED his life negotiating, and done very well.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/...
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bfbac2178 months ago
"As always, Obama's rhetoric is intriguing, but his ideas have yet to be fully formed"
Well that's what we could call an understatement.
I must admit when I saw the title of the story my immediate thought was "I didn't know Obama actually had a policy position - foreign or otherwise."
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gamahuche8 months ago
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It is commonly believed in Europe that anyone would be more competent that George W. Bush when it comes to foreign policy. But with Clinton tough on Iran and most of the Republicans willing to follow Bush off the foreign policy cliff, that could be a pipe dream.
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