Josh Rogin put out a piece last night detailing Perry's foreign policy. The gist:
"He will distinguish himself from other Republicans as a hawk internationalist, embracing American exceptionalism and the unique role we must play in confronting the many threats we face," one foreign policy advisor with knowledge of Perry's thinking told The Cable. "He has no sympathy for the neo-isolationist impulses emanating from some quarters of the Republican Party."
Predictably, neocons have been slavering over him. Commentary boss Jonathan S. Tobin:
As for the Middle East, Perry seems to be very much part of the pro-Israel consensus that embraces virtually all Republicans these days outside of libertarian extremists. He rightly blasted President Obama?’s Middle East policy speech in May as harmful to the U.S.-Israel alliance while touting his superior knowledge of the situation due to his “numerous” trips to Israel. He went even further than most in the pro-Israel community by actually calling on the Justice Department to prosecute Americans who joined the flotilla to break the blockade of Hamas-run Gaza.
So we'd be fusing our government with the Likudnik Israeli right. Good times. This is not the first time Tobin has gotten excited about Perry. National Review's Katrina Trinko:
According to the same source, Perry’s comments indicated he is a “governor who fully understands the unique and exceptional role that the U.S. plays in the world, and the need for U.S. strength and leadership and that we live in a dangerous world.” Perry does not have “the neo-isolationism that you might expect from certain people [close to] the Tea Party.”
The Weekly Standard's resident neo-fascist, Michael Goldfarb:
"He's a cowboy…You have to assume he'd shoot first and ask questions later — which would be nice after four years of a leading from behind, too little too late foreign policy."
(Photo: President George W. Bush, left, is greeted by U.S. Army Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, center, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry at the McAllen-Miller International Airport in McAllen, Texas, Aug. 3, 2006. By Sgt. Jim Greenhill.)
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