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President-Elect Obama Quotes CLB In Acceptance Speech. Well Sort Of.

By Dan Harris and Steve Dickinson

"To those who would tear the world down --- we'll defeat you. To those who seek peace and security -- we support you." President-Elect Barack Obama, During his acceptance speech I like this division of countries and it corresponds with the argument I have often made as to why the United States should seek to work with China, not against it. Most countries in the world (please don't anyone ask me to distinguish between the citizenry and the government here) want progress. They want tomorrow to be better than today. They want a strong economy and a productive work force. They want cars, televisions, and iPods. China is one of those countries. I am not calling on the United States to ignore China as a security threat, but I am saying we should support those countries that manifest a greater desire to build than to "tear the world down." And through our doing so, we will help defeat countries like Iran and North Korea, which are, at least for now, more committed to destruction than to development.

Full post as published by China Law Blog on November 05, 2008 (boomark / email).