View Full Version : Nick Gillespie on C-SPAN Washington Journal 9/1/13
jct74
09-02-2013, 04:18 PM
Nick Gillespie talked about the libertarian viewpoint on a variety of issues currently in the news, and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included possible U.S. action regarding Syria, National Security Agency data collection programs, and other issues of importance to libertarians.
http://c-spanvideo.org/program/NickGil
Lucille
09-02-2013, 04:36 PM
http://reason.com/blog/2013/09/02/the-case-against-intervening-in-syria-ni
The news commentary site Mediaite (and a number of other places, including The Daily Caller) have singled out my comments on Weekly Standard Editor William Kristol and Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer for special attention:
“Let’s be blunt,” Gillespie said. “[Kristol] has essentially zero wins in his column. When I think of the foreign policy mastery that comes out of theWeekly Standard, which was an instrumental mouthpiece for the Bush administration, and before that they were calling for intervention throughout the Balkans—In their short existence, they have never met a war they didn’t like.”
“For all of his plaudits, he has no credibility on foreign policy,” Gillespie continued. “Every decision that he has pushed and urged on America—including before 9/11, to start getting really antagonistic militarily with China—has been wrong. It’s about time that we stop paying that much attention to a kind of perspective on military action that coming out of the Weekly Standard.”
Gillespie also dismissed Krauthammer’s criticism of Obama’s alleged inaction.
“I’m not sure what Charles Krauthammer can point to, to say, ‘Look, I said we should go into Iraq, and that’s a great thing, and we should go into Afghanistan, and that’s a great thing,” Gillespie said.
“People who are interested in going to war are always in favor of war, and then they always criticize when war doesn’t go well,” Gillespie said. “Pundits, every once in a while, should be held accountable for their past recommendations, and these guys have a track record that is god-awful.”
Read the Mediaite piece here (http://www.mediaite.com/tv/nick-gillespie-kristol-krauthammer-have-god-awful-foreign-policy-record/).
eduardo89
09-02-2013, 04:39 PM
Oh wow, he wasn't wearing a leather jacket.
Bastiat's The Law
09-02-2013, 04:46 PM
Gillespie is doing a great interview!
Bastiat's The Law
09-02-2013, 04:46 PM
Oh wow, he wasn't wearing a leather jacket.
Any chance of putting this interview up Eduardo?
matt0611
09-02-2013, 05:09 PM
Pretty good interview. Name drops Rand a few times too.
green73
09-02-2013, 05:34 PM
Oh wow, he wasn't wearing a leather jacket.
all black I bet.
ClydeCoulter
09-02-2013, 06:02 PM
Good quote:
"If he is damned either way, it's his own damned fault." ~ Nick Gillespie
edit: speaking of Obama
Bastiat's The Law
09-02-2013, 06:05 PM
Good quote:
"If he is damned either way, it's his own damned fault." ~ Nick Gillespie
That was good. Nick also calls out the neocons like Bill Kristol.
ClydeCoulter
09-02-2013, 06:30 PM
That was good. Nick also calls out the neocons like Bill Kristol.
Yeah, he says their track record is 0, so why should anyone listen to them on this.
rprprs
09-02-2013, 07:04 PM
Excellent interview. Thanks, jct, for posting the OP. I would have missed it otherwise.
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