Candidates’ Road Map to the Whitehouse

On this day of the bombing in Beirut, Watching America has a number of stories from Lebanon.

One is of particular interest: the Lebanese are watching the U.S. Presidential candidates race for the Whitehouse. This article asserts that the election will yet turn out to be about U.S. national security – as will become evident when the politicking phase at the beginning of the electoral race gives way to a more serious focus on policies as Americans come closer to the reality of having their chosen President in power.

The article makes the point (frequently understated in everyday electoral punditry) that

what happens in Iraq, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Afghanistan and Pakistan will influence the election of the next president of the United States.

… in a manner that will be determined strongly by the positions that the candidates have taken over time on military intervention in the region – from Obama, who was against the Iraq war from the beginning and wants the U.S. out as soon as possible … to McCain who supported the surge and represents a continuation of Bush’s policy.

Check out “Candidates’ “Road Maps” to the Whitehouse” here on Watching America.com