Comments on: Updated: Huckabee Reaction to Bhutto Assassination

[RoyHouse47]

It appears Huckabee is one of those liberals whose instinct is to blame American first, ergo, the apology. His world view is distorted by misguided mistrust of his own country.

[kevin67a-2009]

That''s it. I''m switching to Fred Thompson. "If you''re 20 and not a liberal, you don''t have a heart. If you''re 30 and not a Conservative, you don''t have a brain."

[ammundsen]

Maybe sympathies would have been more appropriate.

I dont think the US is immune from the threat of violence against political leaders. We have had several presidents and presidential contenders assassinated. Reagan was seriously injured in a shooting. Of course in the US whenever a president is killed it is by some lone, lunatic gunman. Never a political or financial operative. Or at least that is the story they tell us.

[hypnotoad30]

I heard Huckabee speak several months back and I thought he was fantastic. Since then I have carefully watched him thinking he might have a good shot. I have slowly come to realize he reminds me of Bill Clinton, smooth talker with nothing memorable to say.
What he should have said is that we stand with the Pakistani people to fight the al Qaeda murderers who did this to Bhutto. Their fight is our fight. Get on it Fred Thompson! The smart candidate will give that message.

Ray Robison is the author of Both In One Trench: Saddam''s Secret Terror Documents
http://www.bothinonetrench.com

[xtrabiggg]

Based on his lack of foreign Policy knoledge and history of ignorance in such matters, I wonder if Mr. Huckabee could find Pakistan on a map, let alone know who Benzir Bhutto is, her history and what the signifigance of her assasination is to U.S. interests and U.S.-Pakistani relations.

He seems to rely more on scripted, one or two sentence soundbites when dealing with matters such as this- indicating a lack of understanding and gravitas in relation to foreign affairs. One example is his offering ''apologies'' to the people of Pakistan. What exactly does he mean? Does he realize that this statement will be used by our enemies as indication of possible US culpability in this assasination? A very confusing and intemperate comment at such a critical time.

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[shag4golf]

%u201Cour sincere concern and apologies for what has happened in Pakistan.%u201D

I wonder what Huckabee is apologizing for? Is he suggesting that the United States is to blame for he assasination? If he is, I''d be curious to see how this stance affects his campaign.