The John Batchelor Show

VIDEO: Republicans Go to War

October 01, 2015

Thursday  1 October 2015 / Hour 1, Block A:Mona Charen, NRO, in re: The New Cold War. War-fighting environment: Moscow and Washington identify a battlefield and pour in vast resources to proxy fighters. Although we think of ourselves as n a "post-honor culture," this is a moment when honor makes a reappearance. Russians have been so blatant about dissing the US.  The businessman from New York, Dr Carson, an Mrs Fiorina:  Mr Trump doesn't have grasp the nature of the problem, Dr Carson, whom we respect a great deal as a physician and human, has made disturbing statements on geopolitics.  Mrs Fiorina has a Thatcheresque approach to leadership. Marco Rubio predicted exactly what the Russians are now doing. Cruz is equally good on foreign policy.  Huge problem for Rand Paul: we're paying the wages of a weak foreign policy right now, where aggressor rush in to a power vacuum. Gov Bus, Christie, Kasich: Kasich – not excellent; Christie:  tries to present a tough face, we'll see; Jeb Bush has been all over the map.  . . . The enormous problems we're in now is a direct result of [bad governance]. "Deconflict" has become a euphemism