Students talking about the news.

At School, the students will never talk about the news unless you ask them and even then it is like trying to get blood from stone.  They either don't care and or feel scared to say anthing.  In this, the week, that Tibet is burning, the only student to say anything about world affairs said something disparaging about the Americans in Iraq. 

I note this when I think of those who think Obama will bring some sort of fresh air to American foreign policy.  To make the Chinese happy he is going to have to continue to say he didn't support the war in Iraq and not say anything mean to them about Tibet.  The misinformed student I mentioned above would probably support an Obama presidency. 

And it is supposively the Americans' fault that many don't like them?  How about realizing that America does much more that is right and proper than all other countries in the world?

Obama is going to pander to dictatorships or so it seems the implications of his foreign policy predict.  Hopefully, he realizes he will have to do some realpolitck and not always play Mister Nice Guy.