Despite Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) promising to bone up on foreign policy this presidential election, he remains shockingly unprepared, even on major issues that most lawmakers have mastered.
He had this exchange on Meet the Press:
Chuck Todd: "A couple of questions. I'm curious. On the issue of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, would you move it back out of Jerusalem, if you thought it was a way to get a peace deal?"
Bernie Sanders: "Yeah. I think it's something that we should--I can't give you a definitive answer, but yeah. The answer is, look, whether it is Iran and Saudi Arabia, whether it is Israel and the Palestinians, the United States needs to bring people together, needs an even-handed policy. In Saudi Arabia, for example, for decades, we have supported a murderous regime which fights democracy every single day. So I want an evenhanded policy which brings people together."
Todd: "Would you move the embassy, now, out of Jerusalem? Or would you keep it there for the present?"
Sanders: "Look, Chuck, that is--we'll take that one step at a time. It's something, you know, bottom line is, we need to be a, we are the most powerful country on Earth. Let's bring people together and try to bring peace."
Bring everyone together to bring peace? You expected to hear that from Sanders in the 1980s.
Democratic front-runner Joe Biden's team must look at such a performance, wipe the lint off their shoulders and continue on with their strategy of running a general election campaign.
Moreover, standing next to Sanders on the debate stage, Biden may look a whole lot younger than his 76 years. He sure is going to sound a lot more reasonable and informed.
Editorial on 05/21/2019