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thisisgiparti
12-29-2007, 10:25 AM
Dangerous indifference

David Frum, National Post Published: Saturday, December 29, 2007

For weeks, the U.S. presidential campaign has been unfolding with truly disturbing indifference to the outside world and its dangers. That changed with the assassination of Benazir Bhutto on Thursday.

On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been wrestling to determine whether her (non-existent) "experience" should matter more than his (self-invented) "identity."

On the Republican side, Mike Huckabee has surged to first place in Iowa as a "Christian leader," despite repeated demonstrations of his utter unpreparedness in -- and radical indifference to -- world affairs. Now however the world has returned, and with a vengeance.

http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=203851

thisisgiparti
12-29-2007, 11:17 AM
maybe this should be in foreign policy, but since it deals with the election, I put it here.