While I don’t condone the actions in Pakistan in recent days, and I am saddened any time there is a loss of life at the hands of radical Islam, there has been an interesting bonus to have come from this incident. It has given us a chance to see how the Presidential hopefuls react to international events and their views on real-world foreign policy. While talk is cheap and “hypothetical” situations as presented in debates and media setups can give little hints of insight, nothing beats a real life crisis to bring out the candidates’ true colors.

And let me tell you, while there are many fine candidates out there, many of them don’t know their ass from a hole in the wall when it comes to foreign policy. For instance…

Clinton is demanding a probe over Bhutto’s death and viciously slams Musharraf. It would be nice to see something from a dem that isn’t terrifically stereotypical. What’s the knee-jerk reaction to anything if you are a dem? launch a probe and investigate it until you can find some way to blame the Republicans. If you can’t blame the Republicans, then keep the probe going until people forget about it. Either way, mimicking the ever-inept UN seems to be the textbook dem answer to foreign policy.

I couldn’t find any stories regarding Obama’s stance on Pakistan on the election sites, and the only thing I could find was on his campaign site was a single paragraph that was nothing more than a cookie cutter press release about how “we are saddened by this tragedy.” It is painfully apparent that Obama is woefully inept when it comes to foreign policy and covers it up by not saying anything at all.

In a really bizarre twist, Huckabee took the opportunity to claim that we need to build a border fence to keep illegal Pakistanis out of the country. This, of course, followed his statements on the incident where he incorrectly referenced Pakistan’s relation to Afghanistan and talked about the continuation of martial law even though it had been lifted on December 15th.

Giuliani fell back on his 9/11 rhetoric and took the opportunity to reaffirm his “experience” in dealing with the war on terror and decided that the best response to the incident in Pakistan was an increased military buildup. I’m sorry, but foreign policy includes more than war, terrorism and military strength.

While this is just a sampling, the responses were fairly inept across the candidates. There were certainly better responses than others, and aside from Biden (who has more foreign policy experience than the other democrat candidates combined) the dems showed their true colors when it came to international affairs.

On the Republican side, the best and most concise response came from Fred Thompson, who left every other candidate well behind in the wake of this “crisis” yet has received almost no media coverage or promotion on the topic.

Interestingly the best choices for Presidential nominees would be Joe Biden and Fred Thompson - and this recent incident in Pakistan reaffirms that with concrete certainty - yet neither of the two are the anointed media choices. It makes you wonder why the media is going out of its way to glorify and promote the candidates who who show more pop culture appeal while feverishly working to bury the candidates who are actually worth a damn when it comes to actual policy and ability.

As far as the dems are concerned, they should wake up and realize that Joe Biden is a better candidate despite the fact that he’s not black or a woman.

As for the GOP, once again the only clear choice for President of the United States is Fred Thompson. He continues to show time and again that he has what it takes to properly lead this country. Watch Fred on Hannity and Colmes speak on the issue. No other candidate can top it.

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