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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 06:13 PM
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What will President Kerry's foreign policy look like?
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I presume it will have a friendlier and more-welcome face than that of bush, and will be potentially less subject to international scorn. What else can be said about it?

From a http://www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=124&subid=158&contentid=252144">Progressive Policy Institute position paper:

"Progressive internationalism stresses the responsibilities that come with our enormous power: to use force with restraint but not to hesitate to use it when necessary, to show what the Declaration of Independence called "a decent respect for the opinions of mankind," to exercise leadership primarily through persuasion rather than coercion, to reduce human suffering where we can, and to create alliances and international institutions committed to upholding a decent world order."

Assuming Kerry generally agrees with this worldview, in which of the following international policies could voters expect a Kerry administration to participate, in the spirit of upholding decency:

* a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty?
* the establishment of an international criminal court?
* a worldwide ban on landmines?
* a ban on the use of cluster bombs and/or DU shells in civilian-populated areas?
* a global treaty limiting CO2 emissions?
* trade agreements that enforce environmental and labor protection standards?

When you think of President Kerry, what do you imagine his administration's foreign policy agenda to be?
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