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CNN National Security Debate Analysis/Opinion #CNNdebate

By Karl Gotthardt CNN hosted the GOP Presidential debate, last night,  from Constitution Hall in the nation’s capital.   The moderator was CNN's Wolf Blitzer.  While the debate covered a myriad of subjects and issues, overall the two hour debate was shallow and lacked in depth.   While Europe is dealing with the biggest financial crisis in our time, the subject was never addressed.   There were discussions on Iran, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Syria, Pakistan,  Afghanistan and China, but nothing jumped out as a game changer. Energy independence should have been on the radar.  The United States continues to consume approximately 21 million barrels of oil each day, yet the subject was almost brushed over.   With the powder keg in the Middle East, especially Iran's obsession to get [...]