By Melissa Jane Kronfeld
Last week’s South Carolina GOP presidential debates once again reminded Americans of the importance of foreign policy, despite the fact that voters in the U.S. typically cast their ballots based on domestic economic and social issues like unemployment and Social Security or abortion, health care and same-sex marriage.
Newt Gingrich, a history professor and long-time Washington insider, dominated the candidate field on all topics foreign policy related. But one Gingrich quip in particular seems to have caught the attention of those on the left and right — albeit for very different reasons. In response to a statement Texas Congressman Ron Paul made about capturing and trying terrorists (in light of last year’s execution of al Qaida chief Osama bin Laden by American Special Operations Forces) during last Monday’s debate in Myrtle Beach, Newt noted:
Last week’s South Carolina GOP presidential debates once again reminded Americans of the importance of foreign policy, despite the fact that voters in the U.S. typically cast their ballots based on domestic economic and social issues like unemployment and Social Security or abortion, health care and same-sex marriage.
Newt Gingrich, a history professor and long-time Washington insider, dominated the candidate field on all topics foreign policy related. But one Gingrich quip in particular seems to have caught the attention of those on the left and right — albeit for very different reasons. In response to a statement Texas Congressman Ron Paul made about capturing and trying terrorists (in light of last year’s execution of al Qaida chief Osama bin Laden by American Special Operations Forces) during last Monday’s debate in Myrtle Beach, Newt noted:
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