Carson flubs foreign policy discussion in Hugh Hewitt interview

[Mr. Morden]

http://dailycaller.com/2015/03/18/do-you-read-this-stuff-hugh-hewitt-questions-ben-carsons-foreign-policy-chops/

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E.g., when Carson said that Islam goes back to Jacob and Esau, Hewitt corrected him, but Carson stuck to his guns:

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Later in the interview, Carson said that "We need to convince [the Baltic states] to get involved in NATO", apparently not realizing that they're already in NATO.

[Mr. Morden]

Carson's latest foreign policy epiphany involves a suggestion that the West Bank should be purged of Palestinians, so they can relocate to Egypt and set up a state there:

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-20/ben-carson-arm-ukraine-expand-nato-rethink-russia-s-position-on-un-security-council

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[Mr. Morden]

I didn't notice this at first, but it sounds like Carson is also worried about a Sunni-Shiite alliance forming to take down the United States:

http://www.hughhewitt.com/dr-ben-carson-on-foreign-policy-and-national-defense-issues/#more-26540

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[Mr. Morden]

More Carson foreign policy talk: In this lengthy GQ profile of Carson (in which he calls Obama a 'psychopath'), Carson has the following exchange with a young woman who's going to be his personalized tour guide in Israel:

http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201504/ben-carson-tea-party?currentPage=1

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