Mccain Foreign Policy

Why Obama Would Be Better on National Security than McCain

Steven L. Spiegel | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Steven L. Spiegel

If Obama is far more likely to resolve the current crisis, which is widely accepted polls tell us, then he can provide a critical national security function which McCain cannot.

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Why the Nation and the World Need Barack Obama

Amb. Richard C. Holbrooke | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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Amb. Richard C. Holbrooke

The two candidates offer a clear choice between a confident man and a highly emotional one, between a major change in the nation's direction and a minor one, between a combative style and a more conciliatory one.

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Ex-Bush Official: Obama Right About Diplomacy

Newsweek | Nicholas Burns | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

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One of the sharpest and most telling differences on foreign policy between Barack Obama and John McCain is whether the United States should talk to di...

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McCain's Private Visit With Chilean Dictator Pinochet Revealed For First Time

John Dinges | Posted 10.24.2008 | Home

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John Dinges

In 1985, McCain traveled to Chile for a friendly meeting with the country's military ruler, one of the world's most notorious violators of human rights credited with killing more than 3,000 civilians and jailing tens of thousands of others.

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John McCain Has Repeatedly Failed the Commander-in-Chief Test

Max Bergmann | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

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Max Bergmann

McCain's erratic and reckless responses to past and present international crises raise real doubts about his ability to lead America through a crisis with a steady hand.

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October Surprise Update: What McCain May Be Planning and What Obama Can Do to Ruin It

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

As the one arrow left in McCain's quiver -- other than appealing to racists -- national security becomes the likeliest playing field for an October Surprise.

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McCain Adviser Scheunemann Behind Neocon Iraq War Lobby

Mother Jones | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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In the fall of 2002, the man who would become the John McCain campaign's top foreign policy adviser was tasked with a sensitive project at the behest ...

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McCain's Brazilian Girlfriend Cited As Foreign Policy Experience

Miami Herald | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

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Sen. John McCain's senior foreign policy adviser cites a steamy romance 50 years ago with a Brazilian babe among the things that illustrate the candi...

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Listen to Sarah Palin

James Zogby | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

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James Zogby

While watching and evaluating Sarah Palin's debate performance, it will be more useful, I believe, to filter out what she does know.

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The McCain-Palin Gibberish Iran Policy

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

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Ilan Goldenberg

One of the things that hasn't been covered much coming out of the debate, is that McCain's Iran policy has turned to absolute gibberish.

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Why The Candidates Shouldn't Care What Kissinger Thinks

Lionel Beehner | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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Lionel Beehner

It would seem only in the field of foreign policy can people be so utterly wrong all the time yet still retain their jobs and endowed chairs and still be courted by presidential candidates.

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I'm Not Naïve Senator: You're Just Wrong

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

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Lincoln Mitchell

It is McCain whose world view is characterized by naivete. He still sees the world largely in black and white with no real ability or willingness to see shades of gray.

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Major Gaffe: McCain Said Pakistan Was a Failed State

Max Bergmann | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

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Max Bergmann

McCain just badly misstated the history of Pakistan. McCain said Pakistan was a failed state before President Musharraf came to power. That is not true.

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Sam Stein

Obama Plays Expectations Game: McCain Perfect For Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

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The expectations game. Both campaigns engage with it before every debate. But with only hours to go before tonight's sparring between Barack Obama and...

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Tonight's Debate: What Vets Are Looking For

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

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Jon Soltz

Will the candidates (and the moderator) note the difference between "tactical" success of the surge, versus the overall strategic goal of the surge, and whether that was a success?

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Advisers: McCain Won't Support Mideast Peace Process

Jewish Telegraph Agency | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

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A McCain administration would discourage Israeli-Syrian peace talks and refrain from actively engaging in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. That...

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Friday's Debate: Commander-in-Chief Test for McCain & Obama

Rand Beers | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

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Rand Beers

Sen. Obama must show that he can hold his own with the Senate veteran and that he is ready to be Commander-in-Chief. This debate matters more than most.

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McCain's Foreign Policy Is As Bankrupt As Wall Street

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

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Jacob Heilbrunn

Right at the outset of his debate with McCain Friday, Obama should go on the offense and point out the ludicrousness of taking on further military commitments abroad when the U.S. economy is imploding.

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Calling All Policy Gurus

Amanda Michel | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

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Amanda Michel

We are tired of talking so much about lipstick and lapel pins. At OffTheBus - HuffPost's citizen-produced election coverage site - we are devoting the...

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Sam Stein

Explosive GQ Piece: McCain Tried To Upend al-Maliki Government

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

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An explosive piece in GQ Magazine alleges that in July 2007, John McCain urged President Bush to cut off its ties with the al-Maliki government in Ira...

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Don't Know Much About National Security

Lionel Beehner | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

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Lionel Beehner

Her grasp of world affairs is so bad, so shallow, so slippery, every foreign service officer deployed overseas should be shaking in their boots.

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Putting Jews Back in Their Place

Daniel Levy | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

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Daniel Levy

The 10-15% of the Jewish vote that the GOP tried to put in play this November is now feeling not only alienated, but downright offended by the latest offerings of the McCain message machine.

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Sam Stein

McCain Advisers Try To Dispel His Hawkish Image

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics

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There is a growing effort on behalf of McCain surrogates here in Minneapolis to paint the Arizona Republican as far less hawkish on foreign policy tha...

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McCain For Dummies: Top Ten Reasons Not To Vote For The Maverick

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 09.03.2008 | Home

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Jayne Lyn Stahl

Number 7: McCain was for Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, and David Souter before he was against them. At Saddleback he told the evangelical crowd that, if he had it to do over again, he would never have voted in favor of their nominations.

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Sam Stein

McCain Surrogates Struggle To Defend Palin's Experience

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics

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There is, it seems, a dearth of effective talking points on Sarah Palin's lack of foreign policy experience. On Monday, McCain campaign spokesman Tuck...

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