I thought our country supports freedom…

I’m not entirely sure why foreign policy needs to be so complicated. Maybe I’m just ignorant or I see things too simply. But because our country was founded on the idea of self-governance and that political authority rests with the people who can throw off an oppressive regime, I would think that we as a nation, our political leaders included, would support another sovereign group of people thinking the same.

Apparently this isn’t so.

President Bush voiced his opposition to Taiwanese independence as the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was visiting the United States. Now, I don’t claim to understand Chinese politics or the world political situation on this matter, but I can say that I’m glad that men like President Bush had less clout during the latter half of the 18th century in the British North American colonies.