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To: Dale Baker who wrote (111695)	5/23/2009 12:07:55 PM
From: quehubo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541957

And I am not terribly impressed by people who claim to know how to solve the problems of the world without having been there or done much. And Obama has been there and accomplished much before running for President?

To: Dale Baker who wrote (111695)	5/23/2009 12:59:44 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541957

>>I have mostly read K's columns on foreign policy, which are totally orthodox neocon stuff. And I am not terribly impressed by people who claim to know how to solve the problems of the world without having been there or done much.<< Dale - I do take your point about armchair quarterbacks. However, I must also mention a couple of things. A good friend of mine has been a quadriplegic since she she was 22. In the years since then she has been a "standup" comic, played a regular character on a soap opera, played a regular character on a sitcom, and has also written and performed a one woman show called "I Had to Break My Neck to Get Here." A fellow by the name of Stephen Hawking has also accomplished quite a bit and seen much of the world, despite being confined to a wheelchair. Obviously, it's a valid criticism to point out that Krauthammer has no foreign policy experience. But the wheelchair is irrelevant. - Allen

To: Dale Baker who wrote (111695)	5/23/2009 1:27:20 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541957

I am not terribly impressed by people who claim to know how to solve the problems of the world without having been there or done much . . . Looking over K's bio, I don't see any foreign experience at all apart from a brief stint at Oxford almost 40 years ago. Yet he knows what's best for the entire planet. Wow, pretty amazing guy. Dale, I think that you are letting your ideological prism color your assessment of Krauthammer's "qualifications" to pontificate on foreign policy issues. If we continue your line of reasoning, then the foreign policy commentary on this thread should probably be limited to your pronouncements, within of course, the confines of your actual experience. Perhaps McCain is the only Senator qualified to talk about "torture," or perhaps he should be disqualified because he actually experienced it? Should we only listen to economic pundits who have run a business and have our children taught only by those teachers who have real world experience in the subjects that they are teaching? I have no idea how well traveled Krauthammer is, but he has not allowed his disabilities to limit his intellectual curiosity, which to me, is far more important than his physical mobility. Whether you agree with him or not, he is a "pretty amazing guy." I've noticed that Krauthammer strikes the occasional raw nerve with you. Because I have no desire to belabor this issue, feel free to have the last word. Glenn