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| Huckabee Sees WH 'Bunker Mentality' |
| 2007-12-16 |
| Mike Huckabee, who has joked about his lack of foreign policy experience, is criticizing the Bush administration's efforts, denouncing a go-it-alone "arrogant bunker mentality" and questioning decisions on Iraq. Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor now running for the Republican presidential nomination, lays out a policy plan that is long on optimism but short on details in the January-February issue of the journal Foreign Affairs, which is published by the Council on Foreign Relations. A copy of his article was released Friday. "American foreign policy needs to change its tone and attitude, open up, and reach out," Huckabee said. "The Bush administration's arrogant bunker mentality has been counterproductive at home and abroad. My administration will recognize that the United States' main fight today does not pit us against the world but pits the world against the terrorists." In one specific criticism, Huckabee said Bush did not send enough troops to invade Iraq. And he accused the president of marginalizing Gen. Eric Shinseki, the Army chief of staff, who said at the outset of the war that it might take several hundred thousand U.S. troops to control Iraq after the invasion. "I would have met with Shinseki privately and carefully weighed his advice," Huckabee said. He said this year's troop increase under Bush has resulted in significant but tenuous gains, and he said - much as Bush has - that he would not withdraw troops from Iraq any faster than Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander there, recommends. The military has now slowly begun to reverse the troop increase. Huckabee has previously joked about his lack of experience in international affairs. "I may not be the expert as some people on foreign policy, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night," he said earlier this month. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Compare wid DIGG > INFORMATION RISING ABOUT POSSIBLE PLOT TO ASSASSINATE RON PAUL - BY THE US GOVERNMENT? + REDDIT > Three DC lawmakers call for renewed impeachment proceedings agz Dubya & Admin in wake of new Iran NIE Report. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-12-16 18:36 |
| #6 Dems like the Huckster Bee because he is an easy takedown in November. The dems look at politics as war, and the republicans look at politics like monkeys f*cking a football. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-12-16 15:32 |
| #5 So now we know that the Huckster reads Vanity Fair: http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/10/purdum200710 Or at least the index card provided by his aides. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-12-16 11:23 |
| #4 There is a guy that coudl pull in the "Reagan Democrats". Fred Thompson. The media has buried him and pushed Huckster. I still cannot belive the numbers of peopel going for him that havent examined anything other than he is a bapttist minister and pro life. His record sucks, his policies are a joke, he is an open borders drag queen (dressing to be somethign he isnt), and he is a nannystater of the worst sort. He is an empty suit when it comes to ideas. "Women submit to your husbands" he said - yeah THAT's going to go over big against hillary. Our only hope is that the bubble bursts quickly as people see him for what he is: a LOSER in the general against Hillary. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-12-16 11:20 |
| #3 These are the fruits of a Republican strategy to court, humor and appease the moron vote for the last thirty years. The people supporting Huckabee did not even vote before they were encouraged to do so. If this election - but not the war, pray God - is lost thanks to the moron wing of "the stupid party", Republicans need to take a long, hard look at jettisoning the Huckabee element and adopting a Clintonian triangulation for 2010. There are plenty of Reagan Democrats who would like to jump from the Democratic party controlled by unions and other interests. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-12-16 09:09 |
| #2 The media's building him up, as they know most GOP'ers won't vote for him... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2007-12-16 09:03 |
| #1 Gee. Did you really stay at a Holiday Inn or did you just catch the commercial re-runs? What an absurd comment, "I've never played football past high school, but I did get the Chiefs to beat the Titans (on the second try) in Tecmo Bowl 3 last night." gov. huckabee, how would you have handled Turkey, a NATO country, not allowing troops to pass through to Iraq? Considering the UN as a way to sway world opinion, what is your take on the current makeup of the Human Rights Council and Council for Economic Development? Can anyone clue me in on why o'shuckabee is anything other than hype? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2007-12-16 07:03 |