After making a statement to the press in a recent conference, President Barack Obama was questioned by a reporter on foreign policy. The reporter had stated how the Republican candidates had questioned Obama on his approach to foreign policy, especially with middle east countries due to recent events, and had accused Obama of using Appeasement.
Obama had instantly responded, "Ask Osama Bin Laden and the top 22 out of 30 Al-Qaeda leaders who have been taken off the field, whether I engage in appeasement . . . or whoever's left out there."
By definition according to Wikipedia, appeasement is commonly understood to refer to a diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to another power. Referring back to Obama's previous statement, to me it sounds like he is a little pro-war and is not afraid to take action in foreign affairs. He had taken action in both Libya and Pakistan, but his actions in Pakistan were more acknowledged due to the fact that he had ordered a Operation, known as Operation Neptune Spear, to invade Bin Laden's hideout in Abbottobad, Pakistan, and kill him.
After watching this video, I'm a little skeptical on this aspect of Obama's foreign policy. It sounds like he is possibly going to just go around taking out various threats in countries all over the world, in terms of his foreign policy. What are your thoughts on the subject? Is this a good idea regarding foreign policy? How do you think it would affect the U.S current and future reputation?
To me, I believe that using this kind of tactic would ultimately worsen the United States reputation around the world and wouldn't be very effective at all.
