In his New York Times editorial for today, David Brooks mentions the following exchange during an interview with Barack Obama:
When I asked him to articulate the central doctrine of his foreign policy, he said, “The single objective of keeping America safe is best served when people in other nations are secure and feel invested.”That’s either profound or vacuous, depending on your point of view.
If I had to pick one of Brooks' two labels for the statement I'd call it profound, but I don't know if it qualifies because the idea is so damn sensible. I wish more politicians would make it part of their policy.
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