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Obama's Post American World

by Roger O'Daniel's




I dearly wish that our political celebrities would combine their observations with insight and season them liberally with understanding.  I also wish that they would learn the lessons of history so they would be less inclined to repeat past mistakes.
Maybe we should think about our communication style with these people.  Could we pattern our approach with the insight and understanding of where they came from and how they grew up?  How can we make the national defense issue “up close and personal” to a people who are more prone to run away from responsibility than face it squarely and deal with it effectively?  An attitude adjustment requires disposition.  How do we help lawmakers and US voters become disposed to listen and be open to ideas that are different from their own?
Allan West recently published the following comment in an Internet piece: