January 06, 2008
Huckabee on FNS
Chris Wallace is grilling Huckabee on some of his foreign policy shortcomings.
Huckabee says that an example of the "Bunker mentality" of the Bush administration -- of acting to alienate our allies and the rest of the world -- was the president's call to arms: "You're either with us or you're with the terrorists."
Huckabee helpfully explains that statements like that violate the first rule of politics; that it's nice to have people with you 100 percent, but that's not always possible, and sometimes it's better to have them with you 80 percent.
So, in the context of September 11 and the global jihad against the U.S. and the West, Huckabee thinks its acceptable for a president to tell foreign leaders, "The choice is clear: You're either with us, or you're kinda', sorta' with us -- but still with the terrorists (just a little bit), but that's okay, 'cause you're more with us than with them."
Inspiring foreign policy leadership from another Arkansas deep thinker.
Posted by Mike Lief at January 6, 2008 08:26 AM
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