...Lastly,..i hear there are alot of folks criticizing him over his behavior with the south american folks....now here i will disagree....while he did state that he wanted to listen to these countries, some of whom the former prez didn\'t give the time of day, he also stated that this isn\'t a one way street, and that if any reforms from these regimes aren\'t met, then the u.s. simply will not act. Even when that venezula prez made those comments and gave Obama a book, Obama kept his cool and acted professionally, he lent out his hand to these folks down there, it\'s up to them to respond...
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/23/rollins.obama.torture/index.html
I think that\'s a smart and right move that he made when he visited some South American Presidents. I think he\'s trying to strengthen the relationships with neighboring countries and treated them with respect, so in return they respected us back. I think they admire the fact that the most powerful guy in the world is being very humble and modest toward them. Which set a good example and might leave a good long lasting impressions for them. Who knows, it might help change some of the communist Presidents point of view about democracy. It might take years or decade for them to consider about becoming a free country.
I guess we have to understand that these communist Presidents were raised up as communists and that\'s how they ran their country and that is part of the reason why they don\'t agree with our ideas and values. But after the visit, it might make them change their mind somewhat...again, that won\'t happen overnight. The change might not be big, but as time goes by, chances are they might be a bit more open minded about other free countries ideas. At the same time, our President said he will listen to them too, and might learn something new too which could help improves relationship. That\'s what I called a humble President. Just because we are the most powerful, free, and wealthy country in the world doesn\'t mean we are right all the times on everything. By listening to other people ideas, there might a few stuffs that they might be right about. Doesn\'t mean we have to agree with them, but it might gives us a better understanding on issues and we might make better judgment and thus make better decisions. If we disrespect and don\'t listen to others just because we think we are right all the times, I think that\'s called arrogant.
Some people might think our president is weak, but I think he\'s just being humble. Like the saying goes, treat other the way you wanted to be treated. Like a former President once said, we should set powers of our examples, not examples of our powers. If other people try to take advantage of us because of his humbleness and try to attack us, we won\'t let that happen. This is when we will set an example of our powers. We will attack before being attack. If we were caught off guard from an attack, we will counterattack them back and get justice because the ones that are wrong are them.
Regarding the article link, I think the Europeans badmouthing the U.S. Presidents and their policies are because they don\'t agree with some of the decisions made by our previous president. Like starting the war in Iraq. So, that\'s understandable that they have a different point of view.
