http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/24/kerry-warns-u-s-the-world-will-not-wait-for-us/
John Kerry, Secretary of State, was in Asia attending a serious of international summits during the government shutdown. When he returned he boldly warned, "the United States must be far more conscious about how our leadership looks through other peoples eyes."
Kerry goes on to state that many of our allies and partners watch us closely and are quickly sizing up. What we do in Washington determines much of their opinion and and matters deeply to them. For him, that very reason is why he is firm in stating that something like the government shutdown cannot happen again.
Kerry also says that politics should not stop us from good leadership. We can't let things get in the way of running the country and keeping us together. According to John Kerry, "The world watches us, but...the world will not wait for us."
I agree with Kerry and I appreciate his boldness in stating such matters. We are always being watched whether by our allies or our enemies. Our nation can't afford another shutdown. It causes others to think of us as weak and unable to lead correctly. There will always be disagreements in politics, no matter where you go, but there is no good reason for shutting down an entire country due to such. America is a great competitor and source in the world and because of that, it must remain strong and intact.
John Kerry, Secretary of State, was in Asia attending a serious of international summits during the government shutdown. When he returned he boldly warned, "the United States must be far more conscious about how our leadership looks through other peoples eyes."
Kerry goes on to state that many of our allies and partners watch us closely and are quickly sizing up. What we do in Washington determines much of their opinion and and matters deeply to them. For him, that very reason is why he is firm in stating that something like the government shutdown cannot happen again.
Kerry also says that politics should not stop us from good leadership. We can't let things get in the way of running the country and keeping us together. According to John Kerry, "The world watches us, but...the world will not wait for us."
I agree with Kerry and I appreciate his boldness in stating such matters. We are always being watched whether by our allies or our enemies. Our nation can't afford another shutdown. It causes others to think of us as weak and unable to lead correctly. There will always be disagreements in politics, no matter where you go, but there is no good reason for shutting down an entire country due to such. America is a great competitor and source in the world and because of that, it must remain strong and intact.
I also heard something similar to this saying that the other countries and starting to have different views on how powerful our country really is. Some people claim that we are going in the wrong direction concerning our world power. We need to make sure that our government doesn't shutdown again, not just for our own countries sake but for countries as well.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely agree. We can be looked upon as an example and a power, or just a pathetic, quarreling little country. I for one would like to be viewed as an example.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a pro-argument for the United States being a world police power. If we are to be a good example country, and lead, then we must not be led and therefore we must be a world police. We don't want to be overthrown by a rising country like China or Russia in the last days now do we? We must police the world, be an example in leading by policing and lead with austere. Think of a developing country, whoever says that Chile, Israel, Ethiopia, Chad, Cambodia, or India are great examples? I havnt heard anyone say that, and its because we, the U.S. did not wait for them to develop. We are a powerful country, and we wouldn't be where we are today if it hadn't been for our policing powers-we didn't wait and we didn't want to either. And if we lay back and cut down on monitoring others than someone's gonna boss us around and no one would like that.
ReplyDeleteMay I first say that I love the comment Mr. Kerry said. "The world watches us, but...the world will not wait for us." But at the same time, I believe that we have some effect on the world and there are things the world has to wait for because of us, but we shouldn't be that barrier.
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