The American people are getting a chance to see how unprepared Barack Obama's team of  advisors are to help lead this country through the minefield of foreign policy problems that await the next President.   Thank God Barack's advisors are not allowed to carry firearms.  They have spent the past week metaphorically shooting themselves in the feet and other delicate areas.  Just imagine the damage they would do with real bullets.

We started with the Austan Goolsbee flap.  You know, Barack's senior economics advisor who told the Canadians essentially that Senator Obama's public comments about NAFTA did not reflect his true feelings.  Poor Austan did not understand that foreign governments take notes and file reports with their counterparts back home.

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Sometimes, pictures really are worth a 1,000 words:

Read all of the linked items at Halperin's blog.  Here is Hillary Clinton's statement.

NOW, for LARRY JOHNSON's commentary today, "Obama and His Advisors Not Ready for Prime Time", reprinted from No Quarter with his express permission (ALONG WITH a new YouTube video following Larry's commentary):

Thanks to Alegre for an insightful video clip that summarizes succinctly the inept incompetence of the Obama foreign policy team. Susan Rice, a senior Obama foreign policy advisor, who served on the National Security Council and later as the Assistant Secretary for African Affairs at the State Department under Bill Clinton.  We don't know for sure what Barack or Hillary would do with a "3 a.m." phone call, but we don't have to wonder about Susan Rice.  She sits on her hands doing nothing.

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...according to his senior foreign policy advisor, Susan Rice, when she appeared earlier today on MSNBC.

Sen. Obama's top foreign policy advisor came right out and said that he's not ready to take that call - take a look...

Transcript:

RICE: "Clinton hasn't had to answer the phone at three o'clock in the morning and yet she attacked Barack Obama for not being ready. They're both not ready to have that 3AM phone call.

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