Edwards will ace foreign policy

It is very interesting that the Republicans and President Bush are questioning if John Edwards has enough experience in foreign affairs to run as the vice president.

When George W. Bush ran in 2000, that was a very valid question to ask about him as the Republican presidential candidate, and Cheney was added as a vice president to try to shore up Bush's inexperience. After watching this president's decision-making since 2000, I still wonder if Bush has enough foreign affairs experience to be president. Without his sound-bites, handlers such as Karen Hughes, Condi Rice and Cheney by his side, he is totally lost and has certainly made some bad decisions that will continue to haunt this country for years.

We have totally alienated most of our allies, probably doomed Blair to failure in England, made it easy for Osama bin Laden to recruit more members of al-Qaida, severely overtaxed our military and overspent our budget.

Even worse, after all the money spent and physical sacrifice of our soldiers' lives and bodies, we will still leave a very fragile government in Iraq that will either turn to chaos and religious anarchy similar to Iran once we leave or go back to having a dictator like in Syria to impose order.

I believe that George Bush was not ready for prime-time in 2000 and sad to say, still isn't ready for prime-time after four years in office.

John Edwards has proven to be a quick learner and very active in the Senate, and will undoubtedly be a quick understudy as vice president. He has more experience in foreign affairs than Bush had in 2000, and he can learn how to be even better in contrast to Bush, who still doesn't think he has made any mistakes as the president.

Donavon Reimche

Martinez