McBlunder Shows His Foreign Policy Ignorance, Again
McBlunder said he didn't know much about the economy. (After 20 plus years in Congress, shouldn't he have learned already!) Well, he doesn't know much about foreign policy either.
His latest ignorant statement matches his infamous gaffe, not knowing the difference between Shi'a, Sunni, al Qaeda and Iran.
Now he thinks the president of Iran makes foreign policy.
As Think Progress explains: "Yesterday, the Wonk Room’s Matt Duss noted that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) often incorrectly portrays Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as if Ahmadinejad has a significant role in formulating Iranian foreign policy. He doesn’t. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Iran’s National Security Council set Iran’s foreign policy.
"Yesterday, Time’s Joe Klein pressed McCain on the issue, but McCain refused to concede he was wrong, saying he disagreed that Khamenei runs Iranian policy behind the scenes. McCain added that because the “average American” thinks Ahmadinejad is Iran’s leader, that’s good enough for him:
"MCCAIN: 'I mean, the fact is [Ahmadinejad’s] the acknowledged leader of that country and you may disagree, but that’s a uh, that’s your right to do so, but I think if you asked any average American who the leader of Iran is, I think they’d know.'
"But as the National Security Network’s Ilan Goldenberg notes, 'if the ‘average American’ thinks that Ahmadinejad is the ultimate leader of Iran' it would be McCain’s job as president 'to dissuade them of this notion - not reinforce it.'
McBush is either incompetently or deliberately ignorant both of which are pathetic and dangerous. This man is not a leader and should not be president.
His latest ignorant statement matches his infamous gaffe, not knowing the difference between Shi'a, Sunni, al Qaeda and Iran.
Now he thinks the president of Iran makes foreign policy.
As Think Progress explains: "Yesterday, the Wonk Room’s Matt Duss noted that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) often incorrectly portrays Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as if Ahmadinejad has a significant role in formulating Iranian foreign policy. He doesn’t. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Iran’s National Security Council set Iran’s foreign policy.
"Yesterday, Time’s Joe Klein pressed McCain on the issue, but McCain refused to concede he was wrong, saying he disagreed that Khamenei runs Iranian policy behind the scenes. McCain added that because the “average American” thinks Ahmadinejad is Iran’s leader, that’s good enough for him:
"MCCAIN: 'I mean, the fact is [Ahmadinejad’s] the acknowledged leader of that country and you may disagree, but that’s a uh, that’s your right to do so, but I think if you asked any average American who the leader of Iran is, I think they’d know.'
"But as the National Security Network’s Ilan Goldenberg notes, 'if the ‘average American’ thinks that Ahmadinejad is the ultimate leader of Iran' it would be McCain’s job as president 'to dissuade them of this notion - not reinforce it.'
McBush is either incompetently or deliberately ignorant both of which are pathetic and dangerous. This man is not a leader and should not be president.
Posted by Kaz at 5/20/2008 12:49 PM 
Categories: Presidential Race, Global Engagement, 2008, Foreign Policy, Bushites, McCain
Categories: Presidential Race, Global Engagement, 2008, Foreign Policy, Bushites, McCain
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