Obama to give global 'madmen' benefit of doubt : Huckabee

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ST PAUL, Minnesota (AFP) — Former Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said Wednesday that Democratic nominee Barack Obama would give global "madmen" the benefit of the doubt if he is elected president.

The former Arkansas governor lashed out at Obama in an apparent jibe at the Illinois senator's offer to talk to the leaders of US foes like Iran, Syria, North Korea, Venezuela and Cuba.

"Maybe the most dangerous threat of an Obama presidency is that he would continue to give madmen the benefit of the doubt," Huckabee said in advance excerpts of his speech to the Republican convention later Wednesday.

"If he's wrong just once, we will pay a heavy price," Huckabee said in a passage of his speech about why Obama's foreign policy would be dangerous....