If you tuned into the Republican slugfest last night you did have the opportunity to hear most of the candidates weigh in on foreign policy and national security. The message that most conveyed was frightening and demonstrated gross ignorance. The worst offenders in this area were Carly Fiorina and Marco Rubio. Tough talking, saber rattling and dead-ass wrong in their proposed prescriptions. I am particularly shocked by what Carly Fiorina said. I had already sent her some money and considered her a legitimate contender. After her performance last night, I would not let her run a high school car wash.…
Marco Rubio was not much better. Here is his proposal for starting a new Cold War….
We need some wisdom informed by history and culture. Judging from the public reaction to last night’s debate, Americans have no interest in wisdom and are enamored of those proposing policies that will lead to war.
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Carly Fiorina, Republican Warmonger
Larry C. Johnson
Larry C. Johnson is a former analyst at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, who moved subsequently in 1989 to the U.S. Department of State, where he served four years as the deputy director for transportation security, antiterrorism assistance training, and special operations in the State Department's Office of Counterterrorism. He left government service in October 1993 and set up a consulting business. He currently is the co-owner and CEO of BERG Associates, LLC (Business Exposure Reduction Group) and is an expert in the fields of terrorism, aviation security, and crisis and risk management, and money laundering investigations. Johnson is the founder and main author of No Quarter, a weblog that addresses issues of terrorism and intelligence and politics. NoQuarterUSA was nominated as Best Political Blog of 2008.