Bhutto’s Death Shows Who Our Candidates Really Are
Orson Scott Card is an author whose works my wife enjoys reading. He also apparently a pretty smart cookie to boot. He writes a weekly column called WorldWatch which can be viewed at the Rhino Times (North Carolina) and also at The Ornery American.
His latest column (”Bhutto’s Death Shows Who Our Candidates Really Are”) is an analysis of the major Presidential candidates based upon their public reactions to the assasination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan. It reads in part:
The death of Benazir Bhutto is a very sad thing for her family, a tragedy for her political party, and a historical complication that might well have far-reaching — and devastating — effects on Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the overall war against Fascist Islam.
But that’s not what I’m going to talk about right now. Because as we enter 2008, we’re going to get into the presidential campaign in a big way. And the responses of the various candidates to Benazir Bhutto’s death tells us an enormous amount of valuable information about how they would do as president of the United States.
After all, the only aspect of the government that the president absolutely controls is our foreign policy, ranging from diplomacy to warfare. Congress can meddle, mostly by giving mixed or negative signals to foreign powers — but governments of other countries are very much aware of the difference between the president and Congress when it comes to international relations.
You can read the whole article here. I’m not sure if his analysis is on point entirely, but it does raise some interesting points concerning the candidates and foreign policy.
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