Secretary of Agriculture: Diplomatic meeting with foreign cabbage

On the latest attempt to improve foreign relations with vegetables, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack had attended a meeting with foreign cabbage. The meeting itself had consisted of a very eloquent dinner, discussions of  a range of current global and bilateral issues and also, the rise of  the new center-left Positive Slovenia political party. 

Although no official agreements were made, this was a major step in the strengthening of diplomatic issues between the American government and the Slovenian fruits and vegetables.Although the secretary and cabbage have had major disagreements in the past, the secretary was successful in finding an agreement with the cabbage on many issues. Amazingly enough, Vilsack did not have to attend the meeting with a translator, since the secretary himself speaks conversational cabbage and was able to converse with the vegetable. Vilsack had  given the cabbage a full bag of premium American loam soil, and a new iPod, loaded with pictures and over 7 hours of tunes. Furthermore, the cabbage willingly let him nibble on a few of its leaves. 

To express the strong bond with the vegetable, Vilsack had told reporters "I know I can trust this cabbage. It's a good cabbage, a family cabbage. We may have different opinions on matters such as the European debt crisis and silt, but I can assure the produce of Slovenia that it will always have a friend in the United States of America."

 To me, its amazing how easy it was for the secretary to trust a vegetable. I mean honestly, a vegetable? It was as if the secretary had just given the vegetable a key to city hall, trusting him with it. He hadn't even considered the fact that the vegetable could just sugar coat it and tell him what he wants to hear and later on will go against his/her own word.


(This part is a real question) What are your thoughts on how the American government intervenes with foreign affairs now a day? How could a Vice President or even a secretary trust a leader from a foreign nation? What factors go into that decision of trust? How could they be trusted in the future?