HERMAN CAIN AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF: DOES HE KNOW WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT?
THINK PROGRESS, November 14, 2011 -- Former pizza executive Herman Cain has struggled with foreign policy throughout his campaign to be commander in chief, but never more so than an in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today in which he muddled through a flailing, nonsensical answer on Libya for five excruciating minutes.
Ultimately, Cain lands on being generally supportive of the intervention, but says he perhaps would have a bit more cautious at the outset.
But this seems to contradict with his longstanding strident opposition to the Libyan expedition. “I’ve said many times before that US intervention in Lybia [sic] is inappropriate and wrong. The US does not belong in this war,” he wrote in a Twitter debate in July. That same month, he appeared on John Stossel’s show on Fox Business, where he clearly stated his opposition:
CAIN: Should we be in Libya? The answer is no.
STOSSEL: That’s clear.
CAIN: That’s because U.S. interest was not clearly defined.
It’s worth noting that Cain’s foreign policy slogan is “peace through strength and clarity.”
Watch the flip flop, along with a compilation of Cain’s less-than-clear foreign policy vision, produced by ThinkProgress’ Jeff Spross:
Unlike Rick Perry’s infamous “opps” moment, Cain doesn’t appear to have a momentary brain lapse, but seems to be genuinely befuddled by the substance of the question.
Last month, Cain said he had studied up on foreign policy and “challenge[d] anybody who says I wouldn’t know how to address foreign policy.”
While becoming the next commander in chief is looking increasingly unlikely for Cain, he has a backup plan. This weekend, he said he would like to be secretary of defense so he could “kick the you-know-what out of everyone in the world.”
Ultimately, Cain lands on being generally supportive of the intervention, but says he perhaps would have a bit more cautious at the outset.
But this seems to contradict with his longstanding strident opposition to the Libyan expedition. “I’ve said many times before that US intervention in Lybia [sic] is inappropriate and wrong. The US does not belong in this war,” he wrote in a Twitter debate in July. That same month, he appeared on John Stossel’s show on Fox Business, where he clearly stated his opposition:
CAIN: Should we be in Libya? The answer is no.
STOSSEL: That’s clear.
CAIN: That’s because U.S. interest was not clearly defined.
It’s worth noting that Cain’s foreign policy slogan is “peace through strength and clarity.”
Watch the flip flop, along with a compilation of Cain’s less-than-clear foreign policy vision, produced by ThinkProgress’ Jeff Spross:
Unlike Rick Perry’s infamous “opps” moment, Cain doesn’t appear to have a momentary brain lapse, but seems to be genuinely befuddled by the substance of the question.
Last month, Cain said he had studied up on foreign policy and “challenge[d] anybody who says I wouldn’t know how to address foreign policy.”
While becoming the next commander in chief is looking increasingly unlikely for Cain, he has a backup plan. This weekend, he said he would like to be secretary of defense so he could “kick the you-know-what out of everyone in the world.”
richard,
why do you, come to BIA and post a------- "HERMAN CAIN AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF: DOES HE KNOW WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT?" subject?
i totally agree with it, but how about FIRST, a blagSubject ---
"Mitt Romney, AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF: DOES HE KNOW WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT?"
or
"Newt Gingrich, AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF: DOES HE KNOW WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT?"
by the way what is a mitt and a newt?
we at BIA know why there are hermanCain, affirmativeAction negro superStars in the liberalWorld----never was substance, never to think, but to LOOK(for Liberals) like your generation was FAIR...........
but newt and mitt; both talk about starting another war with 3 million israeliSuiciders, against a nation of 90 Million Muslims------THATS IGNORANT, thats lunacy, thats an American Tragedy, not herman.
herman is our fathers with good incomes, herman is the wish of many a BIA female in her church on Sunday morning, herman is the dream of a BIA highSchool student hearing his speech about success..................
I think the negro is EVIL, but youLiberals made him----so am i supposed to fear the Monster or Frankenstein(the dr. has made many)
so I suggest a little sensitivity on your part, to our Large negroChristian BIA private member groups.............and our blackSiebra private groups.............