The Paris attacks have spotlighted again, unfortunately, the impact a relatively few number of terrorists can have on the free world's comfort level with personal and national safety. In an interview, the French minister of defense indicated that France is a "testing" ground for terrorist's goals of destruction and mayhem and that France is second only to the United States in who "they" hate most.
This act brings focus on the candidates for our presidency. Currently the Republicans are getting more media coverage and my comments are in regard to the comments those candidates have made, but the Democrats are not exempt. Dan Senior, a foreign policy advisor for Republican candidate Mitt Romney in 2012 was quoted "This is a real life crisis situation, and it reminds people of the importance of having a serious person as commander-in-chief." The current candidates have uttered answers that point out lack of knowledge of the difference between Hamas and Hezbollah, mistaken belief that China is involved in the Syrian conflict, or the difference between ISIS and al Qaeda to name a few.
A candidate that I haven't paid much attention to and thought I'd take more thorough look at was John Kasich. Kasich is the current governor of Ohio and previously had spent 9 terms in the House of Representatives. During that time he was also on the Armed Forces committee for almost all 18 years. Unfortunately, some of his other positions are suspect.
So I am still searching for a candidate that will not be in training mode on foreign affairs and has a comprehensive domestic policy.
