Posted on 07/01/2008 7:29:23 AM PDT by Rufus2007
Obama advisor Rand Beers was asked by a member of the audience about Sen. John McCain's foreign policy credentials on June 30 at "McCain U.," a McCain-critique session at the Center for American Progress on Monday in Washington. Beers says his captivity during the Vietnam War “sadly limited” McCain’s ability to be a war-time leader:
“Sadly, Sen. McCain was not available during those times, and I say that with all due respect to him," said informal Obama adviser Rand Beers. "I think that the notion that the members of the Senate who were in the ground forces or who were ashore in Vietnam have a very different view of Vietnam and the cost that you described than John McCain does because he was in isolation essentially for many of those years and did not experience the turmoil here or the challenges that were involved for those of us who served in Vietnam during the Vietnam war."
"So I think," he continued, "to some extent his national security experience in that regard is sadly limited and I think it is reflected in some of the ways that he thinks about how U.S. forces might be committed to conflicts around the world."
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What a cheap shot.
Then again, maybe Mr. Obama's many years of indoctrination in Indonesia and elsewhere "limit" his ability to act like an American.
So! For liberals, now torture is okay and not a big deal. Sort of like taking a vacation away from the action.
God these people are pathetic.
And pow Hussein is limited by being shackled to tired and worn out dimocrap policies.
I guess they’re pretty much counting on the people being as stupid as they believe them to be.
“... John McCain does because he was in isolation essentially for many of those years and did not experience the turmoil here or the challenges that were involved for those of us who served in Vietnam during the Vietnam war.”
Please get idiots like this out as the face of the Democrats, please!
I have two gut reactions:
#1 - How does this moron measure cost? The price that John McCain paid is not as great as the dirty hippies who experienced “turmoil” here?! I get angry just typing this! Regardless what you think of Mr. McCain’s potential as president, it’s clear he’s paid a higher price than most, and is more than qualified in that capacity.
#2 - What price has the Obamassiah paid? What is Obama’s qualification beyond being black?!
Crack Head Barack.
Sadly, I think it’s sad that people like Beers are so sadly lacking in intelligence that they are saddened by things that make them sad like, people who are better men than them who don’t get sad when when they feel like they might get sad about saying something saddeningly stupid.
What rubbish! The Obama campaign knows McCain’s military experience is a big asset for him, so they’re doing everything they can to knock it. This is being entirely orchestrated by the Obama campaign.
sick!
When Obama and his mom were in Indonesia, that country was considered “non-aligned” under Sukarno. Meaning it was theoretically not pro-West and not pro-Soviet. Ann Dunham Obama had interesting tastes in countries.
Hmmmmmm......years of abuse in an enemy POW facility vs a few hours of (much deserved) police beatings...? Sure....I can see the comparison.
/s
What an overeducated snob.
He needs to go into go into detox for adjective abuse.
What did strike me were the "not my son" theme and self-congratulatory reference to "what took place in the streets in the sixties".
Eternally children themselves, it seems that ageing hippies intend to keep their own kids in short pants and braids 'till they're well past enlistment age.
“So! For liberals, now torture is okay and not a big deal.”
Not so. For liberals, it’s only a big deal if you’re not an American. Americans “deserve” to be tortured. There. I’ve clarified the issue.
Neither person is qualified to be president. Both are bad news. Have you read what McCain said about illegal aliens? The man is a fanatic and not one I would trust with the office of president.
Rand Beers
You would think this doofus would know better.
But apparently he drank the DNC koolaid and went over to the dark side in 2003. Another potential senior member of the future Obama Presidential Cabinet, bringind “change” to America. Like patronizing our genuine war heroes in order to carry water for a smarmy inexperienced Marxist who thinks the US has 57 states.
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Email: Rand_Beers@ksg.harvard.edu
Rand Beers, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, served for 35 years as a senior civil servant. After serving as a Marine officer and rifle company commander in Vietnam, he entered the Foreign Service in 1971 and the Civil Service in 1983. From 1988 to 1998 he served on the NSC staff at the White House as Director for Counter-terrorism and Counter-narcotics, Director for Peacekeeping, and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs. From 1998 to 2003 he was Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. From 2002 to 2003 he was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Combating Terrorism. He resigned in March 2003 to work on John Kerry’s presidential campaign as National Security/Homeland Security Issue Coordinator. He is now the President of the National Security Network, a group of national security experts committed to talking about sensible national security policy with the American public.
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