I enjoyed this episode very much. Herewith a personal anecdote that you both may take or leave. My wife Liz and I have a son living in New Zealand, with his wife and our two grandsons. We visit annually. Liz has made good friends with a number of Kiwis who are of a certain age and who are, I should think, pretty conservative. In a recent…
I enjoyed this episode very much. Herewith a personal anecdote that you both may take or leave. My wife Liz and I have a son living in New Zealand, with his wife and our two grandsons. We visit annually. Liz has made good friends with a number of Kiwis who are of a certain age and who are, I should think, pretty conservative. In a recent trip, one of her new friends asked her, "What has possessed the United States to give up its position of world leadership?" She said she couldn't answer in a way that made sense to her. As she and I see the US withdrawing, we are worried, as parents and grandparents. about what will happen when and if China takes Taiwan. New Zealand is a small country in a vast ocean without the means to defend itself alone. The US rejection of leadership is worrying to us on a personal level. Thank you for all you do to keep hope alive that this unhappy situation will end.
I enjoyed this episode very much. Herewith a personal anecdote that you both may take or leave. My wife Liz and I have a son living in New Zealand, with his wife and our two grandsons. We visit annually. Liz has made good friends with a number of Kiwis who are of a certain age and who are, I should think, pretty conservative. In a recent trip, one of her new friends asked her, "What has possessed the United States to give up its position of world leadership?" She said she couldn't answer in a way that made sense to her. As she and I see the US withdrawing, we are worried, as parents and grandparents. about what will happen when and if China takes Taiwan. New Zealand is a small country in a vast ocean without the means to defend itself alone. The US rejection of leadership is worrying to us on a personal level. Thank you for all you do to keep hope alive that this unhappy situation will end.