Foreign Policy in November

[Joe Biden 2020]

With this election right now a dead heat, could foreign policy play into the game?  This election, by and large, is not about foreign policy, but Obama has a huge, rare strength in FP with the killing of Osama Bin Laden, the ouster of Hasni Mubarak, and the ouster and death of Col. Moammar Ghadafi and the imminent ouster of President Assad of Syria.  If this race remain close even after the first debate, should the president play the foreign policy card?  Democrats are not generally known for strong foreign policy, but Obama has bucked that trend and with neither Romney or Ryan having foreign policy experience.

If the president did play the foreign policy card, could that break the tie and assure him of another 4 years as Commander-in-Chief?

[Joe Biden 2020]

With this election right now a dead heat, could foreign policy play into the game?  This election, by and large, is not about foreign policy, but Obama has a huge, rare strength in FP with the killing of Osama Bin Laden, the ouster of Hasni Mubarak, and the ouster and death of Col. Moammar Ghadafi and the imminent ouster of President Assad of Syria.

Obama gets 0 credit for Mubarak's fall. That is all the Egyptian people and their military.

Also, this isn't 2004, the debate is going to be on economic policy, not foreign.

The Obama foreign policy is the opposite of 2008. He rivals Romney in flip-floppiness.

How is that, exactly?

[Joe Biden 2020]

With this election right now a dead heat, could foreign policy play into the game?  This election, by and large, is not about foreign policy, but Obama has a huge, rare strength in FP with the killing of Osama Bin Laden, the ouster of Hasni Mubarak, and the ouster and death of Col. Moammar Ghadafi and the imminent ouster of President Assad of Syria.

Obama gets 0 credit for Mubarak's fall. That is all the Egyptian people and their military.

Also, this isn't 2004, the debate is going to be on economic policy, not foreign.

The Obama foreign policy is the opposite of 2008. He rivals Romney in flip-floppiness.

How is that, exactly?

Invading Libya, sending more troops into Afghanistan, sending troops down into Uganda, preparing action on Iran and Syria among other things.

Circumstances largely dictate the direction of foreign policy.  The president's plan does to a lesser extent.

And, to an earlier post of yours, It's true Obama didn't have anything to do with Mubarak's demise, but he will probably get the credit and at least will go down in the history books as one of his successes, even if he didn't have direct involvement.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Col. Ghadafi wasn't a real threat to America, but hardly any one can argue the world is better off with him gone.  Same with Saddam Hussein.  He wasn't a direct threat to America, but hardly anyone can argue the world is better off without Saddam.  Both men were killing or brutally dictating his own people.  It took a while to realize the benefits of not having Saddam Hussein, because it was still several years before our troops withdrew and cost several thousand American lives in the process.  However, the Iraq War has largely been over for almost 2 years with only occasional flare ups.  The benefits in Libya were realized a lot sooner as after the Colonel died, you haven't heard a whole lot from there.