Once again US adventurism abroad risking nuclear war absent from election debate.

 

Once again US adventurism abroad risking nuclear war absent from election debate. 

 

Unlike the presidential debate where foreign policy didn’t even make a peep till the last third, the VP debate started off with its single question on foreign affairs. And it was worthless. 

 

The question was bizarre. Would each candidate support or oppose a preemptive Israeli strike on Iran over their missile attack? The question was moot as the horrific reality is that any such preemptive attack, largely financed by billions in US weapons, would have ironclad US support. 

 

Walz didn’t even answer the preemptive Israeli attack question. He offered happy talk about the importance of steady leadership in handling the Middle East crisis without offering an iota of substance pertaining to a looming and catastrophic regional war there. Vance didn’t blink, essentially saying Israel is an ally that can do whatever they want. Though he answered the question, his support of endless war in the Middle East is deplorable and disheartening. 

 

US foreign policy is heading toward a cliff over which endless warfare looms, possibly going nuclear. Neither the media nor the candidates care a whit about engaging a sensible, extended discussion of the most important issue facing America, indeed peoplekind. Just 10 minutes out of 180 in the 2 debates, without a substantive comment says it all about the sorry state of achieving a sane foreign policy in America.