Six weeks until Election Day, and foreign policy has not been mentioned yet. Neither the Republican Party nor the Democratic Party have done anything more than graze the surface of such an important issue of this year’s election.
One would think that the crisis in Libya would bring this issue to the forefront of the campaigns, however it didn’t. On September 11, 2012 the U.S ambassador and three other American citizens were killed in Libya. The Obama administration was not sure weather to call this an act of terror, or an outrageous response to the anti-Islamic film “Innocence of Muslims.” Instead of using this as an example to show how the current White House staff can handle conflict, they baffled over how to classify the attack, giving the Republicans something to attack. Rumor has it that the republican candidate Mitt Romney has a speech prepared that focuses primarily on foreign affairs, which will be delivered sometime after the first debate on October 3. The speech is to focus on Obama and his administrations foreign policy failures, and how they are inadequate to handle situations such as the one in Libya.
Most of the campaign thus far, has focused on the flaws of the opponent. I have been told time and time again that the debates will bring the actual issues to the table. But will it? Romney says that he will deliver a message about foreign policy, but it sounds as though it will focus on Obama’s failures. How does this give voters an idea of how Romney would handle the situation if he were in Obama’s shoes? On the other hand, is he wrong to point out these flaws?
For many of us, this will be the first time we will be voting, and how are we supposed to be confident in our vote if we are not sure where each politician stands with such important issues. We know where each party stands on issues such as abortion and gay marriage. Those issues are black and white, and easier to pick a side. But what about the issues that have a shade of gray? These are the issues that most Americans are hoping will come out in the debates. The first debate is scheduled for October 3 at the University of Denver followed by the vice-presidential candidates debating on October 11 and ending with the presidential candidates again on October 22.
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No FicciónHere is a collection of the articles I have written for various reasons. Some are actually for published submissions and then some are simply just articles I had to write for my journalism class.
