Was Senator Barack Obama Misconstrued?

Question

When Barack Obama responded to the question posed to him and Hillary Clinton, concerning meeting with leaders of Iran, Cuba, North Korea, Syria, etc.

He said sure, within the first year he would make efforts to do so.

And Hillary Clinton said she would not meet PERSONALLY with any of them in her first year (if elected president).

Now the media is saying that Barack Obama erred in his answer, because of in-experience.

But what I think Barack Obama meant was simply this.

* He would make diplomatic efforts to meet with those leaders, via the usual diplomatic channels that are already in place at the State Department.

What EXACTLY is Your View On This matter?

Answer 1

Yes, your right. But politicians will use whatever they can to improve their position.

They also are spinning his other comment by claiming he said he wants to teach "sex ed" to kindergarteners.

What he actually said was we should educate them on appropriate vs. inappropriate touching so that they don't become vixtims of sexual predators.

Answer 2

I think that Obama said exactly what he meant, but not with enough force to make it clear. Sometimes you have to abandon the silly diplomatic games, look Foreign Leaders in the eye and put them on the spot about what they really want.

I don't know if Obama has the kind of presence to pull it off, but it worked pretty well for Tricky Dick. One of the things that made Nixon so effective was being upfront. If he'd done that after Watergate, he'd never have been impeached.

But, whenever you're dealing with Foreign ploicy, it pays to ask yourself, WWND.

What would Nixon do?

Answer 3

I think they're both idiots.