Good News and Bad News
First the good news – Republican Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee came out and endorsed the position taken by Senator McCain on the use of water boarding:
“Senator McCain on this issue is right that torture should not be the policy of the United States of America” Huckabee told reporters in Iowa.
As we have discussed on this blog, the country needs the next President to break from the pro-torture posture of the Bush Administration — it is good to see Huckabee join McCain in opposition to torture.
Now for the bad news – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to name Paul Wolfowitz, the former deputy defense secretary and an architect of the Iraq war, as chair of the International Security Advisory Board. This is a terrible idea and my organization has just come out and urged her to reconsider:
“Citizens for Global Solutions strongly urges Secretary Rice to reconsider her decision to appoint Paul Wolfowitz to the chairmanship of the State Department International Security Advisory Board. His lack of judgment on critical security policy matters as deputy Defense Secretary should preclude him from consideration for this prestigious and key post. The Board is designed to provide the Secretary of State with important independent insight and advice on all aspects of arms control, disarmament, international security, and related aspects of public diplomacy. Mr. Wolfowitz has shown that his analysis on weapons of mass destruction and related security matters cannot be trusted; therefore he is an inappropriate choice for this position.”
I’ll try and pop back on later with a few more details on both matters.
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