Monday, July 23, 2007

barak obama on foreign affairs

I was reading his speech on foreign policy that he has on his website. it was from April 23, 2007.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/fpccga

it sounds like he actually does know a lot about what's going on in the world, so that's cool. i'm not really sure about the things he suggests for the military because it sounds like he strongly supports an expansion of the military, but it sort of depends on the implementation so we shall see.

on the whole, i really like how he emphasizes how instability anywhere in the world is bad for the US. in chinese there is a saying, "you must leave every person a living road." this means, you who are at the top of the food chain, who can influence others' lives so much, must let everyone have some way they can live in a secure and stable environment. otherwise, people lose hope and become suicidal as many Muslim states are currently doing. this is a very important concept for statesmen because it indicates that one is able to understand and take into account what motivates other people.

with that said, for the last democratic presidential debate, they took people's questions that they posted on youtube. i'm not sure what questions i specifically would want to ask. what do you think?

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