Jan 22 2009
Foreign Policy Interview - A little taste of India
So I have to give a big thanks here to Harjot Singh who runs Anti-Terrorism here at today.com - Harry went above and beyond the call of duty with my survey I gave for him. He went out and performed it as an interview with multiple other random Indians to get a more well-rounded perspective on India and the United States. Once again Harry, a huge thank you.
As always, interview questions in bold, answers are not.
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President Bush’s controversial stances in foreign policy have left a lot of foreigners with a bad impression of the United States. What is your perception of the United States now? Does the United States deserve the bad reputation that it has right now?
Person One: It really doesn’t matters to me.
Person Two: My Opinion is US Government has 2 faces. One is in which they behave like a Defensive warrior for every Country, very helpful. Another side is funding a person like Osama Bin Laden against the fight of Afghanistan Govt, wo that US can control the democracy of Afghanistan. Now when Osama can came against United States than they start battle against him.
Person Three: Like my friend said (number two) I totally agree with him & I think most of time US is not reliable.
Person 4: Hey its not fair I don’t think US deserve bad reputation at all they have developed economy & doing so many new discoveries for the benefit of whole world and also are supportive to every country who faces any kind of natural disaster’s.
Do you think the election of Barack Obama was a good or bad thing for the United States.
Why?
Person one: I think Barack Obama is really a good change not just for the United states but for the whole world because he is a people man and he has the ability to understand the problems very well of a common American & can take proper action according to needs.
Person two: According to my view he is a fighter & after Abraham Lincoln it’s a another revolution which changes the reputation of United states because this person is not in favor of war - unlike George Bush
Person three: I like him only because he will respect Indian Traditions and Indians Intelligence like he selected some of Indians 4 their team.
Person four: I don’t know. I m not sure about Mr.Obama because everytime a US presidents comes into existence they behave like earlier ones. I have a doubt on the creditibility of Barack Obama.
Person 5: It really a great news as I think that the color of your skin is not a test of any personal skills or intelligence or reliability.
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Overall I think the results are fairly close to how most Americans feel about Barack Obama. Sure none of us are fully confident of the guy - I mean he is a politician right? Yet overall there is a reassured feeling of optimism that our country has not had for a long time now with Bush in office.
