OP-ED: McCain's Radical Foreign Policy, PostGlobal, April 28, 2008

Very good piece by Zakaria, whose book I just finished. You see all the us-v-them thinking in Kagan's: all he sees in the 21st century is the return of the 19th. My God, the neocons' complete lack of understanding of globalization and economics is just stunning. That's what makes them so dangerous. McCain has no soul WRT economics: no business or real-world understanding whatsoever. So the neocons like Kagan fill that empty vessel. Zakaria's calm reasonableness on globalization is completely missing on the GOP side right now. It is a sad state of affairs to see the party so dominated by economic Know-Nothings. Worse, the GOP has virtually no young talent in the wings. Sad indeed. We get McCain and we get far worse than Bush III. Bush was sensible if unambitious on globalization. McCain's worldview could easily destroy globalization unless he becomes more realistic and informed on global economics. Otherwise it'll be just a bevy of advisers who see the world strictly in pol-mil terms blundering about far worse than Bush, who clearly knew his ass from his elbow on Russia and China. (Thanks: Terence Dodge)