For this week's post we were assigned to post pictures that represent our political views. Here are some pictures that represent my ideas.
1.Acknowledging and tolerating diversity in our nation and around the world
2.The freedom to make your own choices, including the freedom of speech and religion
3. Awareness of our environment and taking responsibility for it
4.Freedom of business and trade in our country and abroad define our strength
Engaging the world economically is important in foreign policy but has an effect domestically too
5. Being critical and using the freedom we have to express our critique while and using the power of the vote that is a cornerstone of democracy
6.Holding those responsible in our Government of being aware of situations across the board when making calculated moves in foreign policy
7.The military is a capable and multifunctional
tool, but we pay for it with our own citizen’s lives
8. And, of course, political humor
Ferris,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this post, it says a lot about your political identity.
Particularly the FDR portion. Your military picture raises some questions. Where do you stand on the American military's large amount of bases overseas?
-Alex
www.irinthena.blogspot.com
Thanks Alex!
ReplyDeleteThat is a very interesting topic and my personal belief is that our overseas bases located at strategic shipping lanes, such as the ones in Bahrain, Garcia Diego, and the new Marine base in Australia are critical for the security of shipping lanes. Our naval bases are critical not only to US interests but to other countries interest's as well since our navy is the biggest in the world. We can't do the job alone but we can do it a lot better than most.
As for the other bases I haven't made up my mind about whether bases in Germany or Japan are really that important. I would have to look more into that issue.