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Rudy's Foreign Policy Opus Riles Pundits

In 17-page manifesto the candidate tackles Iraq, Palestine

By Heather McPherson, Newser User

Posted Aug 17, 2007 1:40 PM CDT

(Newser) – Bloggers are having a heyday parsing the rambling 17-page essay Rudy Giuliani has published in Foreign Affairs, laying out his big-picture foreign policy views. "Lengthy, pompous and ultimately very confused," writes Salon, and Slate is no kinder: "The breadth and depth of his cluelessness are vaster than even I had imagined."

Washington Post blogger Alec MacGillis, somewhat less vitriolic, sees the piece as a quintessentially mayoral view of the world: Giuliani has blown up the strategies that helped him tame New York and applied them to the world stage: we need to be tough on rogues, dismiss wimpy do-gooders like the UN, and in Iraq, security has to come before politics.

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Giuliani differentiates himself from the current administration by citing Hamas as a cautionary tale for those who try to spread democracy through force without laying the groundwork for stable, civil... (Getty Images)

Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani, holds up a card as an example of what a federal identification card should be like, as he speaks on his plans to change immigration policy at a town hall... (Associated Press)

Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani, right, interacts with Bill O'Reilly, as he prepares for an interview on Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor" in New York, Monday Aug. 13, 2007. (AP... (Associated Press)

The headquarters for the United Nations, which Giuliani slams in the 17 page report, and has previously boasted sits on "the most valuable real estate in the world." (Shutterstock.com)

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Rudy's Foreign Policy Opus Riles Pundits