Here’s a lengthy and excellent article in Foreign Affairs by Senator McCain on his foreign policy philosophy: a philosophy forged by years spent living with its consequences–in a North Vietnamese prison camp–and years spent crafting it in the Senate–currently the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. No major candidate, certainly no GOP candidate, has Senator McCain’s experience, credentials or vision in foreign policy.
Here’s a taste of the article:
“Now it is this generation’s turn to restore and replenish the world’s faith in our nation and our principles. President Harry Truman once said of America, “God has created us and brought us to our present position of power and strength for some great purpose.” In his time, that great purpose was to erect the structures of peace and prosperity that provided safe passage through the Cold War. In the face of new dangers and opportunities, our next president will have a mandate to build an enduring global peace on the foundations of freedom, security, opportunity, prosperity, and hope.
America needs a president who can revitalize our country’s purpose and standing in the world, defeat terrorist adversaries who threaten liberty at home and abroad, and build enduring peace. There is an enormous amount to do. Our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been costly in blood and treasure and in other less tangible ways as well. Our next president will need to rally nations across the world around common causes as only America can. There will be no time for on-the-job training. Given the present dangers, our country cannot afford the kind of malaise, drift, and fecklessness that followed the Vietnam War. The next president must be prepared to lead America and the world to victory — and to seize the opportunities afforded by the unprecedented liberty and prosperity in the world today to build a peace that will last a century.”
You can find the whole article here.
It is refreshing to hear a candidate concentrate on the importance of our alliances and how vital it is that the US restore our standing as the leader of the free world.
