Sound Advice

Jennifer Rubin, over at Commentary Magazine's Contentions blog, has some good advice for the Obama campaign:

But really, one wonders if the “A” foreign policy team is ever going to arrive at camp Obama. It would seem he would be best served by several steps. First, stop making up facts. Get it right about the difference between the 1993 world trade center bombing trial and Nuremberg, the precedents for presidental summits, and what language they speak in Afghanistan. Second, get some decent briefings on developments in Iraq from our own military and independent experts, or just read the news. Third, come up with a forward-looking policy that is not based on historical errors or inaccurate facts and let Obama tout himself as the tough realist for the 21st century. And finally, get rid of advisors who make people wonder if he is really ready to sit at the grown-up’s table.

I'm torn.  On the one hand, if Obama wins in November then I would hope, beyond hope, that he would get serious about national security and foreign policy.  However, if he doesn't take suggestions, such as Rubin's, then he's going to be a heck of a lot easier to beat.

Well, like John McCain says: 'I'd sooner lose the election than lose the war.'  Somehow I doubt that Team Barry feels the same way.  Which is understandable if you don't really believe we are at war.