There has been a lot of commentary recently about Obama's perceived lack of experience in the area of foreign policy, as compared to McCain. My reactions:
- Obama has lived for a significant time in a foreign country. This gives him unique foreign policy experience that perhaps no former US president or presidential candidate has ever had before.
- Experience is just one factor, out of many, that need to be considered; some others are: courage, judgement, knowledge, humility.
- In the US Senate, approx 80% of the senators, all of whom had more conventional "foreign policy experience" than Obama, voted for the resolution that gave Bush the cover to start our war against Iraq. So much for experience. Many people have experienced a lot in their lives, and yet learned little from it.
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