Monday, May 26, 2008
Iran Paid Insurgents to Kill British Soldiers
If I can fault the Bush administration for anything vis a vis Iraq, it has been on two things. 1) They didn't clamp down on Iranian influence early enough. 2) They did not make it clear to the public Iran's role. We're basically fighting a proxy war against Iran like the Soviets were fighting a proxy war against us in Afghanistan.
So the question is, what is anyone going to do about what is essentially an act of war. My guess is that the "stop before I say stop again" type of diplomacy.
If I can fault the Bush administration for anything vis a vis Iraq, it has been on two things. 1) They didn't clamp down on Iranian influence early enough. 2) They did not make it clear to the public Iran's role. We're basically fighting a proxy war against Iran like the Soviets were fighting a proxy war against us in Afghanistan.
So the question is, what is anyone going to do about what is essentially an act of war. My guess is that the "stop before I say stop again" type of diplomacy.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Democratic-YouTube Debate
Apparently, Joe Biden tried to give a realistic answer about pulling out of Iraq. He has no hope for being President.
Hillary Clinton completely smoked Obama in one answer.
Hillary Clinton is completely right. Obama's answer is incredibly naïve.
Diplomacy is a good thing. But when you need to be diplomatic from a position of strength, craziness, etc. Not weakness. I think Hillary actually understands this.
Unless Obama is just saying what he thinks will sound good to Democratic voters.
Apparently, Joe Biden tried to give a realistic answer about pulling out of Iraq. He has no hope for being President.
Hillary Clinton completely smoked Obama in one answer.
Senator Obama said in the debate that he would meet with the leaders of rogue nations; Senator Clinton said she would first make sure that such meetings were not intended as propaganda.
Pundits generally saw hers as the better answer, underscoring her experience on the world stage and at the same time casting Senator Obama as inexperienced.
Today, Senator Clinton drove home the point by directly criticizing Senator Obama’s statement.
“I thought that was irresponsible and frankly naïve,” Mrs. Clinton told the Quad-City Times in Iowa.
Hillary Clinton is completely right. Obama's answer is incredibly naïve.
Diplomacy is a good thing. But when you need to be diplomatic from a position of strength, craziness, etc. Not weakness. I think Hillary actually understands this.
Unless Obama is just saying what he thinks will sound good to Democratic voters.
Labels: barack obama, diplomacy, hillary clinton, iraq, joe biden
