Wednesday, May 07, 2008

On The Obliteration Of Logic

The foreign-policy debate in this presidential campaign is as embarrassing as it is frustrating. Just take a look at the timeline of rhetoric that led to Monday's "shot laughed at around the world."

  • August 2007: Obama suggests he'd invade Pakistan.
  • November 2007: Hillary declares "The era of cowboy diplomacy is over."
  • December 2007: Both candidates condemn "Bush saber-rattling" on Iran.
  • April 2008: Hillary vows to "obliterate" Iran if Israel attacked.
As it stands, the combined rhetorical track record already reads with all the consistency of an EKG, even in the above "Cliffs Notes" version.

Logic Bomb: Rather than address what we can do and what is ours (such as our own undeveloped reserves), Hillary would rather pick a fight with OPEC and try to control what is not ours. Such a fight would net zero desired results and most likely result in even tighter export controls by ticked-off OPEC countries, yielding even higher oil prices.

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