Walker was keen to recast his record as governor as legitimate foreign policy experience. He clumsily compared the ISIS terrorist group to the tens of thousands of Wisconsin citizens who exercised their democratic right to protest his union-busting policies, asserted that Ronald Reagan's strike breaking of the air traffic controllers union intimidated the Soviet Union and attempted to reframe national security as "public safety." These stretches landed Walker in a Sarah Palin-like foreign policy boot camp, which, according to press reports, is ongoing.

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Walker, a shrewd political operator who should not be underestimated, has pivoted from his early foreign policy missteps by taking shockingly belligerent foreign policy positions. Walker's boot camp instructors seem to have convinced him that a bellicose foreign policy stance will make up for his lack of international credentials by making him seem like a strong leader.

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On terrorism, Walker is promoting unlimited pre-emptive war in multiple countries, promising to attack terrorists wherever they are in the world. As the U.S. is already engaged in constant air and drone attacks against ISIS and other suspected terrorists groups, Walker takes an even more extreme position. When pressed by Martha Raddatz of ABC News on how he would be even more aggressive than more than 2,000 airstrikes against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, Walker said "we have to be prepared to put boots on the ground" in Syria. Walker also says that cold-war style "containment" will not work, that terrorism is like a virus that will come back stronger if we don't take it all out. Walker seems oblivious to the lesson of recent history that the overreliance on force breeds more terrorists. If we had not needlessly invaded Iraq, which had nothing to do with Sept. 11, there would be no ISIS.

On the Iran nuclear deal, to distinguish himself, Walker has taken an extreme position to the right of his rivals. Walker promises to cancel the Iran nuclear deal on day one of his presidency, before he even has a cabinet in place or consults with our allies. In response to criticism from Jeb Bush that Walker's promise of rash action reflects immaturity, Walker upped the ante to a shocking extreme, saying he would be prepared to take military action against Iran on the first day, apparently without congressional approval or any intelligence indicating an immediate threat.