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Obama’s record on taking Foreign Policy action

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Interesting Article from the Associated Press

Barack Obama prefers cooperation abroad

On the surface it would support his rhetoric until you get to the meat ( Experience in action) of it

When Obama took charge of the European affairs subcommittee in early 2007, he didn’t seize the opportunity to scrutinize the Bush administration. With his campaign in full swing, the busy senator did not lead a single policy hearing on any of the hot topics in the panel’s jurisdiction: missile defense, counterterrorism and concern over the waning commitment of European countries to NATO.

His approach was in sharp contrast to Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., who relied heavily on his full committee chairmanship to push his foreign policy agenda as an aspiring presidential nominee. Also different was Obama’s more mild approach to questioning top administration officials than the more vocal – and often abrasive – senior members on the panel, including Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.

Lends credibility to Hillary’s experience over rhetoric argument that when you hold the reins of Power sometimes talk is nice but the Commander and Chief/Leader of the Free World needs to act, not hold group hugs.

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  1. Army Chief Of Staff General George Casey: “No Reason To Doubt” Obama On Troop Shortages

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    p>Obama’s statement from the Texas Debate

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    “You know, I’ve heard from an Army captain who was the head of a rifle platoon — supposed to have 39 men in a rifle platoon. Ended up being sent to Afghanistan with 24 because 15 of those soldiers had been sent to Iraq,” Obama told CNN moderator Campbell Brown.

    “And as a consequence, they didn’t have enough ammunition, they didn’t have enough Humvees. They were actually capturing Taliban weapons, because it was easier to get Taliban weapons than it was for them to get properly equipped by our current commander in chief,” he added.

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    p>So with the person confirming this being General Casey you think, Okay this shows someone in the know confirming Obama’s accuracy until you get to the meat of this:

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    “I have no reason to doubt what it is the captain said,” Casey said. “This was 2003 and 2004, almost four and a half years ago. We acknowledge and all worked together to correct the deficiencies that we saw in that period, not only in Afghanistan but in Iraq. It was a period that we worked our way through.”

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    p>20/20 hind sight is a marvelous thing but once again is the Media calling Obama out on this?

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