Perry and Huntsman Incoherent on Afghanistan

Published September 13, 2011 2:13am ET



Tonight’s CNN/Tea Party Express Republican presidential debate focused primarily on the economy. Only two GOP presidential candidates were given the opportunity to weigh in on Afghanistan (there were no questions on Iraq, Libya, etc.)—former Utah governor and Obama administration diplomat Jon Huntsman, and Texas governor Rick Perry. And neither candidate acquitted himself well.

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