Rudy Giuliani was understandably miffed in New Hampshire yesterday about having family issues dragged into the campaign (though the Vanity Fair hatchet job story about his third wife Judith does make for oddly sinful reading). If you really want to set him off, ask him what qualifies him to be a foreign policy visionary.
In today’s daily link, I’ve included Fred Kaplan’s insightful and unintentionally funny dissection of Rudy Giuliani’s not-so-bold nor very smart attempt to be a foreign policy wizard. I read the Foreign Affairs piece in question in a quest to understand just what the hell qualifies Rudy as a self-appointed foreign policy maven. I was also looking for a reason to take Rudy seriously as an actual President as opposed to a candidate. He may remain a formidable candidate but if Rudy was aiming for street cred, he failed: in this case the emperor’s foreign policy clothes are as frightening as they are invisible.
The Orwellian title (“Toward a Realistic Peace”) was followed by a recitation of painfully obvious right-wing fearful talking points and revisionist history (one great howl is that Vietnam was actually won before we lost it). It’s hard to believe that this prattle represents either a quick or inquiring mind. This is George W. Bush without the mangled aphorisms, analogies and syntax.
See this amazing triumph of intellectual bankruptcy for yourself:
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/...toward-a-realistic-peace.html
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