Thrown an unexpected question from an ordinary american. this is the cnn youtube debate. would he meet without preconditions with the leaders of iran, syria, venezuela, cuba and north korea? i would. and the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them, which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration is ridiculous. thanks very much, everyone. good night. viewed today, the statement might not seem extraordinary, but in 2007, it was practically revolutionary to say an american president would speak to strongmen like iran s ahmadinejad and north korea s kim. constitute an axis of evil. two-thirds of president bush s axis of evil. we re not going to have our president meet with
Kim. constitute anaxis of evil. two-thirds of president bush s axis of evil. we re not going to have our president meet with hillary clinton poked holes in obama s argument on stage that night and the reviews were pretty unanimous. obama s answer was naive. are you kidding me? those are the last people i d meet with in my first year. i d never meet with those guys. but obama strategist david axelrod says that the future president was adamant on a phone call with staff. obama told them we re not backing off at all. i actually think that was the moment when he found his voice in that campaign because he realized that he was bringing a point of view that nobody else was going to bring. that voice continued when he was inaugurated.
Ahmadinejad and north korea s kim. constitute an axis of evil. two-thirds of then president bush s axis of evil. certainly we re not going to have our president meet with hillary clinton pokes holes in obama s argument on stage that night, and the reviews were pretty unanimous. obama s answer was naive. are you kidding me? those are the last people i d meet with in my first year. i d never meet with those guys. but obama strategist daifld axelrod says the future president was adamant on a phone call with staff. obama told them we re not backing off at all. i actually think that was the moment when he found his voice in that campaign because he realized that he was bringing the point of view that nobody else was going to bring.
Bush s access of evil. certainly we re not going to just have our president meet with hillary clinton poked holes in obama s argument on stage that night. and the reviews were pretty unanimous. obama s answer was naive. are you kidding me? those are the last people i d meet with in my first year. i d never meet with those guys. but obama strategist david axelrod says that the future president was adamant on a phone call with staff. obama told them, we re not backing off at all. i actually think that was the moment when he found his voice in that campaign. because he realized that he was bringing a point of view that nobody else was going to bring. that voice continued when he was overrated. we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your
Diplomatic effort in the region forward is to send the signal that we need to talk to iran and syria because they re going to have responsibilities if iraq collapses. i will not promise to meet with the leaders of these countries during my first year. i will promise a very vigorous diplomatic effort because i think it is not that you promise a meeting at that high a level before you know what the intentions prp i don t want to be used for propaganda purposes. certainly we re not going to have our president meet with fidel castro and hugo chavez and, you know the president of north korea, iran and syria until we know better what the way forward would be. you know, i love that part in your book by the way, hell of a book believer by david axelrod. thank you. you talk about that critical moment when you had that debate. you may have been nervous about the president sticking his neck out and saying yeah first answer, yeah i think we should get to discussions with these people w