May 21, 2008 - 5:33pm
Specter defends Obama's foreign policy stance
By Wally EdgePresidential candidate John McCain has been hitting Barack Obama on foreign policy and Obama’s willingness to sit down with rouge nations. Pennsylvania’s senior senator obviously did not get the talking points. The Morning Call had a story this afternoon where Specter defended Obama’s and says the country needs “a very fundamental shift in our thinking in our international diplomacy." Specter, who recently held a fundraiser hosted by conservative icon Grover Norquist, is not going to win many conservative friends this way.
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I have to (respectfully) disagree with Sen. Specter here. The problem is not talking to people in itself. The problem is Obama's apparent belief that he can talk people into changing without backing it up with anything. The retreat from Iraq which he proposes, coupled with his proposed enormous increases in domestic spending, will leave the U.S. with little leverage over Iran and other rogue nations. Why compromise when you can get what you want without it?
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