[Vision2020] Obama's foreign policy experience

[Jeff Harkins]

An entire litany of unfounded assertions.

And you have no idea of how minimal I might be imagining the 
transference of international exposure for a young child.

I am of the opinion that it would not qualify as "foreign policy 
experience" as might be required of a president.

Obama's books?  My read was very different from yours - they are self 
authored - mere marketing pieces - very well designed to tell you 
what you want to hear.

At 08:46 PM 8/30/2008, you wrote:
>On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 20:21, Jeff Harkins <jeffh at moscow.com> wrote:
>
> > Oh for heavens sake - spare us from that line of bilge.  Obama was a young
> > child when he lived overseas. The transference would be minimal - not zero,
> > but minimal.
>
>If you are an inquisitive and aware young child when you are exposed
>to foreign culture, it influences you for life.  I've read both of
>Obama's books, and he shows every evidence of having been such a
>child, which has carried over into his adulthood.
>
>My own children spent their adolescence living overseas, and both of
>them have a greater intuitive understanding of world affairs than any
>political tourist.  Their early exposure to a larger world motivated
>them both to seek careers in international relations.  Provincialism
>breeds provincialism, and cosmopolitanism breeds cosmopolitanism, both
>of which are inculcated at an early age.  Obama's "transference"
>wouldn't be as minimal as you imagine.
>
>Chas