Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee leveled some of the harshest criticisms of the Bush administration’s foreign policy yet from the GOP presidential field, saying it has mismanaged relations with Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.Huckabee said the U.S. is ignoring options besides armed conflict with Iran, has trusted the Saudis too much and has allowed Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to go back on his commitment to allow American forces to root out terrorism within his borders.
“Just like Musharraf, since 9/11, the Bush administration has played both ends and the middle, assuring the American people that it’s doing everything it can to protect them, while tiptoeing around our supposed ally,” Huckabee said. “It’s been afraid of upsetting the apple cart, even though the cart contains poisoned apples destined for export to the United States.”
Huckabee said the United States (BUSH) has trusted the Saudis and made them rich, only to see the funds used as “seed money for terrorism,” and that Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will ultimately back whoever can win.
He said the U.S. is headed down one track with Iran and ignoring options besides war — a result he said would greatly please Osama bin Laden.
2 comments:
I like Huckabee a lot. I hope people take him serious enough to make him a contender in the "finals."
Someone said they should have a debate leaving out the top three in the polls on each side to get some of the candidates to drop out. Personally, I do not think they will budge until the first two primaries, but it would be a good idea for the parties to lose some of the people eith absolutely no chance, and let the voters concentrate on the candidates with at least a modicum of electability.
Greetings from the left, Kimba
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