(Bill) Clinton urges better foreign relations

[sabra]

http://www.sacbee.com/24hour/politics/story/2873661p-11536026c.html

Clinton urges better foreign relations

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - America's security in the future depends on how it acts today - while it's still the only global superpower, former President Bill Clinton told a crowd Saturday at the University of Minnesota.

"We should be trying to build a world now that we want to live in when we're not the only big dog on the block," Clinton said.

But he said recent actions at home and abroad have undermined that goal. A unilateral foreign policy that alienates allies is creating global resentment, and large tax cuts during a time of war are creating an economic mess and making the country more reliant on creditors like China - which could give America a run for its superpower money, he said.

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After Americans helped lead global relief efforts in response to the tsunami in southeast Asia, for example, public opinion of the United States in tsunami-stricken Indonesia rose, while Osama bin Laden's approval rating dropped, he said.

[journalist3072]

1. As usual....

Bill Clinton shows himself to be the true leader that he is. Eloquent, thoughtful, and deliberate.

He is so on point.

[murray hill farm]

2. i can almost hear bill saying those words.

He has such a way of telling..that brings the most complex of world situations...and explaining in such a calm and down to earth way..so that u can listen to him...and say to yourself..yeah! i miss him!

[Snap]

3. WONDERFUL

I heard the speech on MPR last night. Rousing intro by
Fritz Mondale whipping up the DFL faithful nearly blows the roof off the house. Big Dawg was everything; folksy, insightful, generous, smart, passionate, funny as hell, and powerful. It's shocking what we have lost in these few short years with presnit *. If Clinton keeps this up democrats will have no choice but to get some spine.

[don954]

4. i think i speak for the majority of americans when i say:

I MISS BILL!!!!!