CNN/Politics reports that Paul Wolfowitz may vote for Hillary:
“He says he admires Putin, that Saddam Hussein was killing terrorists, that the Chinese were impressive because they were tough on Tiananmen Square. That is pretty disturbing,” Wolfowitz said, calling him “unacceptable.”
Wolfowitz also called Trump a continuation of President Barack Obama, despite their party differences. Wolfowitz said Obama’s apparent “step back” foreign policy would be exaggerated under Trump, calling him “Obama squared.”
“The only way you can be comfortable about Trump’s foreign policy is to think he doesn’t really mean anything he says. That’s a pretty uncomfortable place to be in,” Wolfowitz said. “Our security depends on having good relationships with our allies. Trump mainly shows contempt for them. And he seems to be unconcerned about the Russian aggression in Ukraine. By doing this he tells them that they can go ahead and do what they are doing. That is dangerous.”
Wolfowitz is one of the nation’s most prominent neoconservatives and interventionists, and has been widely characterized as the “architect’ of the invasion of Iraq. CNN reported back in 2003 that he was the first Bush administration official to push the 43rd president to topple Saddam Hussein — broaching the subject four days after the September 11 attacks.
Mr. Trump must be awfully alarming to scare one of the chief advocates for the disastrous invasion of Iraq. However, regardless of where you stand on the political spectrum, a commonly held value is predictability, and Trump will have none of that. Does he mean what he says? Depends on which time you listen to him. As a neocon, it’s been clear that the policies advocated by Mr. Wolfowitz were a disaster for the people of Iraq, predicated on false evidence, and a dreadful mess for ourselves. Trying to make himself into an ally to Hillary should be an uncomfortable position for her, no matter how passive-aggressive he may be about it. But as a leader of a segment of America, his comments may persuade more voters that Trump does not meet any sort of minimum standards.
