Foreign Policy Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pE23EeMXi4 -
When looking at the foreign policy speech and debate by Jeb Bush I
think there were positives and many negative aspects of the debate and what he
believed to hold true. Some of the positives were in his personal
characteristics in that he showed passion and energy over the topic. During the
beginning of the speech Jeb is more held back and uncomfortable, but the more
the speech goes on the more comfortable he seems. He states “he had some of
these personal problems” when talking about the economy and when he was overseas
even trying to afford diapers for his kid. This was a good tactic to relate his
own personal experiences with the people. Overall I think Jeb had the most
effective strategies that deal with priorities, spending, and action to be
President of the United States.
This speech was a little bizarre when I saw it in that it
really wasn’t a foreign policy speech, but more a Middle East speech. One thing
that got me was Jeb bashing the Clinton and Obama administration for the war in
Iraq and what has succumbed from it. What I find to be interesting is that his
brother is the main cause for even putting the U.S. in the war and that does
not shed lightly with the people. The main things discussed were only about terrorism
and state collapse with little talk about other parts of the world that need to
be addressed. Jeb makes the comment that we were victorious and giving credit
to his brother for winning the war when I don’t think that’s the case. There is
still a lot of speculation dealing with the Middle East especially with ISIS
right now.
Jeb is almost being a hypocrite in this speech in that he’s
basically saying what the Obama administration wants right now, which is to
help Iraqi forces and leaders of that country. He’s attacking that
administration, but not sounding all that different. It was a little confusing
to understand this speech in that it was kind of all over the place.
If I were to give Jeb advice it would be to expand his
thoughts in detail on how he can really help this country. We are in need of a
President that has better international relations and able to find peace with
the surrounding countries. Also, as I have stated before he needs to not relate
to his brother or give him praise especially in a topic so fragile in terms of
the Middle East. Lastly, I would say he needs to be stronger or tougher if he
is to have a chance with his campaign even just against Donald Trump. He tends
to be low energy and needs to be more on attack mode.
