Herman Cain Says President Doesn’t Need to Know Anything about Foreign Policy
National Review recently interviewed presidential candidate Herman Cain. This is what he said about foreign policy:
When it comes to foreign policy, Cain views his lack of experience as ultimately irrelevant “How much foreign-policy experience do you need to listen to experts?” he asks. “How much foreign-policy experience do you need to not telegraph what you’re going to do to your enemy?”
When asked which experts he would consult, Cain rattles off a list of four-star generals and national-security hawks: Adm. Mike Mullen, Gen. David Petraeus, Reagan-administration official K. T. McFarland, and former United Nations ambassador John Bolton. “There’s a long list of people who know what the hell we should be doing,” he says.
But shouldn’t the president himself know? “Not necessarily,” Cain argues, “because we got more than one problem.” His economic expertise is more essential, he believes.
The president doesn’t need to “know what the hell we should be doing” because “experts” like John Bolton will tell him what to do. Wow. OK.