{OT} reaching out

badgolferman · 2007-12-15T14:18:35+00:00

You lefties ought to like this guy now. He seems to be reaching out toyour side.-----------------------------------------CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Mike Huckabee, who has joked about his lack offoreign policy experience, is criticizing the Bush administration'sefforts, denouncing a go-it-alone "arrogant bunker mentality" andquestioning decisions on Iraq.Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor now running for the Republicanpresidential nomination, lays out a policy plan that is long onoptimism but short on details in the January-February issue of thejournal Foreign Affairs, which is published by the Council on ForeignRelations. A copy of his article was released Friday."American foreign policy needs to change its tone and attitude, openup, and reach out," Huckabee said. "The Bush administration's arrogantbunker mentality has been counterproductive at home and abroad. Myadministration will recognize that the United States' main fight todaydoes not pit us against the world but pits the world against theterrorists."