Matthew Yglesias, VOX: The Obama Interview
Years before he was a national figure, Barack Obama delivered a speech at a rally against the proposed invasion of Iraq that became integral to his underdog primary campaign in 2008. "I don't oppose all wars," he said. "What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war." And yet an actual presidential foreign policy is far more complex than a single speech. The world is vast, and modern technology has rendered war less a binary choice than a broad spectrum of possible uses of force. When Obama sat down with Vox in late January, we asked him not about the crises of the day but about the big ideas that shape his thinking on America's relationship to the world outside our borders.
WNU Editor: The above video is Part II .... on foreign policy. Part One of the interview is on domestic issues. That link is here.
Update: The Obama Undoctrine -- Updated by Matthew Yglesias, VOX
WNU Editor: There is a lot to digest in this interview .... and while I do not feel comfortable with his "world view" .... others have a different point of view. So I leave it to you .... the reader .... to take what you can from this interview.
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