Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, with his vast foreign policy experience, has penned a piece (okay, some foreign policy advisor wrote it) for the venerable trade publication Foreign Affairs. (See "America's Priorities In The War On Terror.")The Huckster may be lacking in foreign policy experience (duh!), but at least he's got somebody good working for him. More importantly, the article once again illustrates why a lot people just instinctively like the man--and hence why he's a credible opponent to whoever the Democratic nominee turns out to be.
What's endearing about the Preacher Man is that he's often not afraid to call a spade a spade. While the other GOP candidates dance around the Bush administration's obviously failed foreign policy--a source of great embarassment for many mainstream Republicans around the nation--Huckabee says what we all know: Bush's "arrogant bunker mentality has been counterproductive at home and abroad. American foreign policy needs to change its tone and attitude, open up, and reach out."
In typical Huckabee down-to-earth fashion, he likens the U.S. superpower to a "top high school student" who can be loved if modest about his "abilities and achievements" and "generous in helping others."
Huck is critical of Bush's focus on Iraq as counterproductive in dealing with the true terror threat from Afghanistan and Pakistan. "If Al Queda strikes us tomorrow, the attack wil be postmarked 'Pakistan.""
It's a clever strategy if for no other reason than it makes it hard, in a general election, for a Democrat to paint a target of Bush on him and then take aim.
1 comment:
Huckabee has no clue. High school? Please. How much more do we need to help other countries to be "liked." And no amount of "modesty" will affect the way other countries feel about us. We are the ONLY superpower. Talk about false modesty. Every time we try that, we get hammered about "not leading" and if we take charge, we're "arrogant." Huckabee is just repeating what the press is saying. The other GOP candidates have ducked this? Hello? McCain?
Besides, what has "failed" in Bush's foreign policy? Iraq, free. Libya, nuke free. North Korea, cooperating. Per the NIE,(yeah, right),Iran stopped their nuke program when we invaded Iraq. Germany, elected Pro American. France, elected Pro American. Surge, working.
Has Bush pleased everyone? Of course not. But those deriding Bush the most are political enemies, anyway, ie, Democrats and MSM.
And as a clever strategy to protect him from the press? Won't work. He's a Republican. The press will crucify him on his "lack of experience" or some other "lack."
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