The Real John Edwards

Senator Edwards is outlining a new national security strategy that hinges on the creation of a 10,000-person civilian peace corps to stem the tide of terrorism in weak and unstable countries.

The scary thing is, he's serious about this. Here's the plan…

The plan Mr. Edwards presented yesterday — which he dubbed "A Strategy to Shut Down Terrorists and Stop Terrorism Before It Starts" — calls for a 10,000-person "Marshall Corps" to deal with issues ranging from worldwide poverty and economic development to clean drinking water and micro-lending. He said investing in those areas would shore up weak nations and help ensure that terrorism does not take root there. That, he said, would allow the country to stop potential terrorists before they even join the ranks.

Of course! That's it! OH, please save us Mr. Edwards…

Give me a frickin' break.

Yeah… Worldwide poverty forced Adam Gadahn (aka Adam Pearlman) to leave the United States and join Al-Qaeda. Dirty drinking water made Richard Reid decide to try to blow up a plane with a shoe bomb, and failure to shore up poor nations influenced Jose' Padilla when he converted to Islam, attended the Masjid Al-Iman mosque in Ft. Lauderdale and befriended Adamn Amin Hassoun.

As the picture above clearly indicates, John Edwards just doesn't have a clue.