My Comment: At last, a positive message! From time to time you’ve heard me rant about the negative messages that surround us. And I’ve promised from time to time to give you something “not negative”. Yeah, I know, I need to get my head fixed as well. Here is a post from my favorite thinker.
Here’s the first few paragraphs with a link to the rest of the message where the positive’s sit. Enjoy!
By T. P. M. Barnett
Where is the positive vision for U.S. foreign policy in this election? President Barack Obama and on-again, off-again “presumptive” GOP nominee Mitt Romney now duel over who is more anti-declinist when it comes to America’s power trajectory, with both slyly attaching their candidacies to the notion that “the worst” is now behind us. On that score, Obama implicitly tags predecessor George W. Bush, while Romney promises a swift end to all things Obama.
Halftime in America? Indeed.
But what’s the animating vision, besides rebounding? What course are we setting, besides up?
So far, all the candidates’ visions seem negative — as in, things we should prevent — with no proposals for what we might bring to fruition. We’ve got to get America “back,” not so much to do anything but to avoid all the other alternatives.
The only thing we’re certain about when it comes to the future is that we don’t want China to own it. For that matter, we don’t want Beijing running Asia, or the U.S. economy, either. Heck, we don’t even want Beijing running China.
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