People are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Foreign policy is like human relations, only people know less about each other.
There is obviously a gap between the public's perception of the role of U.S. foreign policy and the elite's perception.
The problem with the U.S. foreign policy is that we're just so unbelievably powerful. And when you've got that kind of power, it's very hard not to use it.
Too often in Washington we tend to see foreign policy as an abstraction, with little understanding of what we are committing our country to: the complications and consequences of endeavors.
It is like our foreign policy has attention deficit disorder.
When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind, they're more susceptible to go to war.
I'm obviously aware that people are quite focused on the economy rather than foreign policy issues, but that is something that should and can be altered as people see the nature of the threats around the world that we face.
Foreign policy is all about a universe of bad decisions, imperfect decisions; every situation is different. The dynamics, the atmospherics, the people, the pressures, the geopolitical realities shift.
When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.
The American people are so much stronger, so much more resolved than any enemy can fully understand.