Notes on How Obama May Deal With a Debate Question on His Qualifications to Lead the Foreign Policy of the United States
This Friday’s presidential debate on foreign policy is a major opportunity for Barack Obama to convince the American people that he is the most reliable and qualified candidate to lead the foreign policy of the United States.
Right now many voters think that John McCain is better equipped than Obama to conduct America’s foreign policy. But in fact, on foreign matters, McCain is embarrassingly uninformed. For example, McCain has repeatedly referred to the nation of Czechoslovakia, which hasn’t existed since 1993. He has called Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin the president of Germany. He has talked about hostilities along the Iraq/Pakistan border, where no such border exists. He referred to the crisis in Darfur as being in Somalia when in fact it is in Sudan. In a visit to Iraq earlier this year McCain confused Sunnis and Shiites.
The bigger question is: How can Obama show his superior wisdom and competence on foreign policy? (Click Here to Read More)
