Posted on 12/28/2007 11:40:47 PM PST by JohnHuang2
The next-to-last assassination attempt on Benazir Bhutto came on Dec. 13, when a man in the crowd got the former prime minister's attention. He was holding a 1-year-old baby Mrs. Bhutto said later she thought it was a girl and tried to hand the child across the sea of bodies.
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In Foreign Affairs magazine, Mr. Huckabee wrote: "Much like a top high school student, if it [the U.S.] is modest about its abilities and achievements, if it is generous in helping others, it is loved. But if it attempts to dominate others, it is despised." This, mind you, is Mr. Huckabee's bid for foreign policy credibility Foreign Affairs is a wonkish publication. So is he serious? Does he really believe that international relations are governed by likability (a Huckabee strong suit admittedly) instead of power, self-interest, security, and ideology?
And what exactly does Mr. Huckabee mean when he accuses the U.S. of attempting to "dominate" others? Mr. Huckabee approved of the war in Iraq a war of liberation, not domination, however clumsily it may have been prosecuted at times. But then, it's hard to know exactly where he does stand since he has also echoed leftist critics who claim that the Iraq war has been a "distraction" from the war on terror. Certainly Mr. Huckabee's determination to close Guantanamo seems to be a bid for international popularity.
Perhaps the high school reference was a one-time faux pas? No, the man seems to perpetually compare international relations and conflicts to personal spats. "We haven't had diplomatic relationships with Iran in almost 30 years," Mr. Huckabee told radio host Hugh Hewitt, "that's most of my adult life. And a lot of good it's done. Putting this in human terms, all of us know that when we stop
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Good article.
I would have him over for coffee, but The Huckster should not be our nominee.
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