Brzezinski Says Romney Lacks ‘Grasp’ of Foreign Policy

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-30/brzezinski-says-romney-lacks-grasp-of-foreign-policy.html

A former Democratic national security adviser assailed Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney for lacking a grasp of foreign policy and said the former Massachusetts governor would return the U.S. to the policies of George W. Bush.

“If we take seriously what he has been saying in the course of the campaign, we have every reason to be very worried,” former U.S. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital With Al Hunt,” airing this weekend. “He probably subscribes to the notions articulated by his Republican predecessor,” George W. Bush, Brzezinski said.

Romney is surrounding himself with advisers from the Bush administration, and he doesn’t display a “broad grasp of what is unique about this century, how it differs from the preceding one,” said Brzezinski, who was President Jimmy Carter’s national security adviser.

In Brzezinski’s view, the best candidate to succeed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a second term for Obama would be Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat and former presidential nominee. Chuck Hagel, a former Senate Republican from Nebraska, also would be “awfully good,” he said.

[Ian David]

1. For fuck's sake, we can't lose another incumbent senator for a political appointment. n/t

[denverbill]

6. Ditto. If you are going to appoint an active Congressperson, make it a Republican.

Not a whack job obviously, like Bachmann or Alan West, but someone from a seat we might have a chance of taking back.

[Ian David]

8. How about Alan Grayson? n/t

[denverbill]

12. I like Alan but I think we'd be better of with him in another position.

In Congress, or doing something on domestic policy. He'd be fine as SOS, but I don't see him as having as much impact being SOS as he would being in Congress or running the FDA, CFPB, HHS, etc. Not that there are any openings there anyway.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. I can only guess who RawMoney would appoint as SOS

but I suspect this warmongering bastid is on the short list


'I'm crushing your head!'

[Voice for Peace]

4. now that's just PURELY TERRIFYING

[Cirque du So-What]

7. You got that right

If the repugs manage to pull off winning the POTUS by hook or by crook, TPTB would insist upon getting their money's worth, so it's a safe bet that lots of neocons who have been cooling their heels these past four years would emerge from their slimy lairs...and if THAT's not sufficient to motivate people to get off their azzes and work for President Obama's reelection, then I don't know WHAT it would take.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Romney's foreign policy akin to W's:

When in doubt, invade and take it over.

[babylonsister]

5. Hopefully the Obama admin will make lots of noise about this. The rethugs have

all been distancing themselves from dimson, for good reason. THIS should be talked up. Very frightening.

[MineralMan]

9. Romney cannot grasp his ass with both hands,

so who expects him to grasp foreign policy.

I say we leave him to grasp whatever he can as a private citizen in November.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Well I cannot often say I agree with my non relative

In other news...water is wet.

[flamingdem]

11. Grasp?

He doesn't even know where to aim his hand.