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Sunday 27 May 2012

Thinking about Iran

Which of the Republican contenders  looks smartest in the light of the NIE findings on the Iranian bomb? Daniel Larison - who's on a roll at the moment - awards the prize to Mike Huckabee:

Huckabee’s recommended approach to Iran is a picture of sanity.  You will object that this may not be saying much, but it’s still the case that the one currently leading Republican candidate who espoused containment of Iran (albeit combined with continued support for the war in Iraq) was Huckabee.  He was the one whose foreign policy credentials were supposed to be non-existent and whose ideas were supposed to be unacceptable to “national security conservatives.”  Huckabee comes away from this latest news looking more responsible and competent–at least on Iran–than the other leading candidates.

If you have a moment, Larison also offers cogent thoughts on why black America isn't solidly behind Barack Obama.

UPDATE: As Danny Finkelstein points out, Huckabee doesn't score so well on the theory of evolution.

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