Iraq, Iran - Same Difference? Conservative Cluelessness on National Security Posted by The Editors

This guest post is by Sara DuBois, Interim Communications Director at the National Security Network.

 New footage released today shows Tim Pawlenty appearing to mix up Iraq and Iran. After he explicitly establishes that the reporter is “talking about Iran,” Pawlenty responds,

“Well I think the situation now in Iran is such that Secretary Gates is negotiating with whether the United States military will be there beyond the end of this year. And they're looking to the Iranians to see if they invite the Americans to stay, invite us to stay.”

Pawlenty clearly confuses Iraq and Iran.  Unfortunately, he is not only blatantly incorrect in doing this, but also patently unoriginal.

For months, we’ve seen conservatives not giving thought to national security and/or foreign policy even when, like Pawlenty, they claim the mantle of expertise on these matters.

We saw this last year, when the conservative “Pledge to America” failed to address the wars we are fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, terrorism, energy security or other key national security issues.  We also saw Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) reveal that it wasn’t until his fifth visit to Iraq that he came to “realize” that Sunnis and Shiites don’t get along, while Rand Paul told the National Review “foreign policy is really a complete non-issue” and that he’s “not thinking about Afghanistan.”

Conservatives ignore foreign policy and national security, and then when the issue does come up, they resort to extremes: neoconservative interventionism or extreme isolationism -- or in Pawlenty's case here, blank confusion.

We saw this movie before, with a cast including seasoned pros like Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Rep. Wilson, along with neophytes like Rand Paul and Sharron Angle. Now we’re watching the sequel, and it's just as much of a horror film for an American people who deserve leaders who know how --and where-- to keep them safe.

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