Isn't foreign policy supposed to be his
strength?!
http://www.slate.com/id/2189317The question must be asked: When it comes to national-security affairs—the heart of his campaign, the center of his career—does Sen. John McCain know what he's talking about?...
This week, McCain sent further shudders through the body politic (or perhaps he would have, had the mainstream media covered the event) by pretty much promising, if elected, to abrogate his constitutional responsibilities. At the Associated Press' annual meeting on April 14, McCain was asked whether he would divert U.S. troops from Iraq to Afghanistan in order to quash the resurgent Taliban and capture Osama Bin Laden. McCain responded: "I would not do that unless Gen. Petraeus said that he felt that the situation called for that."...
First, Petraeus is not in a position, formally or otherwise, to make such an assessment. Petraeus himself was asked that very question at hearings earlier this month before the Senate armed services committee (which McCain attended, at least for a while), and the general—properly—begged off, noting that he is merely the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq and that such broader issues must be decided by higher authorities.
Second, the right officer to field that question is the commander of U.S. Central Command, who has responsibility for Iraq, Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf, and all South Asia. That commander, until recently, was Adm. William Fallon. He was canned last month after publicly calling for just such a shift of troops from Iraq to Afghanistan. If McCain is keen to defer to top military officers, would he—unlike President (sic)
Bush—have followed Fallon's advice? If not, why not?The phone rings at 3 AM.
"You have reached President McClown's automated foreign policy call forwarding system. Your call is being forwarded to Gen. Petraeus. Due to our usual volume of calls, you may be placed on hold while Gen. Petraeus decides who
he's going to pass the buck to."
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Whether it's Obama or Hillary, please vote Dem, as if your life depended on it. Because it does.
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