Posted on 11/18/2015 7:27:20 AM PST by Enlightened1
Ben Carson's remarks on foreign policy have repeatedly raised questions about his grasp of the subject, but never more seriously than in the past week, when he wrongly asserted that China had intervened militarily in Syria and then failed, on national television, to name the countries he would call on to form a coalition to fight the Islamic State.
Faced with increasing scrutiny about whether Carson -- who leads in some Republican presidential polls -- was capable of leading US foreign policy, two of his top advisers said in interviews with The New York Times that he had struggled to master the intricacies of the Middle East and national security and that intense tutoring was having little effect.
"Nobody has been able to sit down with him and have him get one iota of intelligent information about the Middle East," Duane R. Clarridge, a top adviser to Carson on terrorism and national security, said in an interview. He also said Carson needed weekly conference calls briefing him on foreign policy so "we can make him smart."
As the deadly assaults in Paris claimed by the Islamic State reframe the presidential race, the candidates' foreign policy credentials are suddenly under scrutiny. And Carson has attracted extra attention because his repeated dubious statements give rise to questions about where, as a retired neurosurgeon without government experience, he turns for information and counsel on complex global issues. What is unusual is the candor of those who are tutoring him about the physician's struggle to master the subject.
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I would assume this guy is now a “former” advisor.
First of this is all hearsay. 2nd can’t the same exact thing be said of President Obama. Carson is merely a citizen running for President. The actual U.S. President is completely clueless and refuses to discuss his intentions or listen to advice.
Karl plant for sure.
Sounds like this adviser came from McCain’s camp who spread the same crap about Palin. Enemies within.
What follows logically is that you do not support Dr. Carson.
That is some twisted logic. My first sentence states that the story is based on hearsay. My main point; why is the Boston Globe focusing on rumors about Dr. Carson’s middle east plan? I have not seen one article from the Boston Globe on Presidents Obama’s Mideast policy.
Maybe because we already know Obama’s ME plan is a potentially civilization-ending disaster. Dr. Carson’s lack of a coherent plan is yet another reason he should never be considered for the presidency.
Carson is 100% ineluctable! 100%!!!
“we already know Obama’s ME plan “
You work for the Boston Globe? Why don’t you report on the sitting president and discuss his plan? I’m more interested in the present at the moment.
Dr. Ben, FIRE your advisors.
They are GOPe infiltrators and agents provocateur.
Like the ones who got Sarah Palin that interview with
Katie Couric.
It’s just evidence that Ben is too nice of a guy for President. I would like to see Ben in a roll of reforming our health care. Think he would be excellent for that roll.
Being nice in politics will not fix things in Washington. Every time we try that method... WE LOSE EVERY TIME!
I don’t consider a direct and attributed source as hearsay, but I concur whole heartedly with what everyone has said as far as Obama, plants, rovenutter, etc.
I was just trying to say that if the guy was actually on Carsons campaign officially, that I would assume he no longer was now.
This has nothing to do with Ben being too nice, he’s just not ready for prime time and never was. No one needs to attack him, every time he opens his mouth he provides more and more evidence of just why he is not ready.
Or maybe he was a plant of the GOPe. Maybe his job is done.
I’m sorry, but asking a retired neurosurgeon questions about the workings of the U.S. government is simply “gotach journalism”.
Well he is running for President and not Neurosurgeon.
“Former” advisor, to say the least. He shouldn’t be picked up by any candidate. He has some serious issues if he needed to get his name out there criticizing the candidate who is (or was) paying for his purported expertise.
Standard fare from the Boston Globe.
False lead at the top.
The true story is further down.
The story admits that one advisor was wrong about China being in Syria, and that Carson and all his OTHER advisors are POed about it.
That’s the real story, buried beneath the BS at the top.
These “journalists” know that most readers just skim the first few paragraphs. So the top is propaganda-heavy, with opposing facts buried below.
That way, the media can still claim to be balanced, and cover their butts against complaints of libel from the sources with the story.
How do we know whether China is in Syria or not?
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