Doctrines
Q: How does ec mess impact nation's peacemaker role?
McCain: Having experience and judgment to know when to act. Iraq one example. "We don't have time for on-the-job training, my friend."
Obama: "I don't understand how we ended up invading a country that had nothing to do with 911" while OBL and Al Q are gearing up to attack us. Wrong judgment to invade Iraq. Strains placed on alliances around the world. Change Sen. McCain's and GWB's foreign policy.
Q: Congo, for example, or Rwanda. What is the Obama doctrine for use of force when nat sec issues aren't at stake?
Obama: We may not always have national security issues, but moral considerations. Intervene where possible. Lot of cruelty around the world, we're not going to be able to be everywhere all the time.
Q: The McCain doctrine, if you will.
McCain: Jumps back to Iraq. Pulling out as Obama suggested would've prompted a wider war. "I can tell you right now that Sen. Obama would've brought our troops home in defeat. I will bring them home in victory and in honor."
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