'If there was an imminent threat that required this extraordinary action...we're owed an explanation and the facts to back it up.' Joe Biden delivers remarks on the strike that killed Iranian General Soleimani.
On Monday, Sanders again knocked Biden's voting record, telling CNN the former vice president"helped lead the effort for the war in Iraq, the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in the modern history of this country, before adding,"You think that's going to play well in Michigan or Wisconsin or Pennsylvania?"
The differences in Biden’s and Sanders’ approaches to foreign policy reflects perhaps the clearest contrast between the two front-runners, but it also highlights one key similarity between the two: their comfort with assuming the role of commander-in-chief "The substance certainly matters, but there's also something about the way they deliberate in public, the way they handle the crisis in real time, that is going to be very important," Zelizer continued, speaking more broadly of the field at large."It's watching them in the middle of a crisis and imagining as they were the president."
But Warren was not the only top-tier candidate to shift her tone: Pete Buttigieg, a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer and mayor of South Bend, Ind., walked back his characterization of the strike against Soleimani as an"assassination," despite doing so just the night before -- saying he’s"not interested in terminology."
Zelizer added - it’s not a simple matter of age -- one of the most senior people in the race, he notes, is"the most gaffe-ridden candidate." Moreover -- it’s not a pure question of one 'right' ideology, but rather, of demonstrating a firm hand at the helm during turbulent times.
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