Richardson Details Global Threats

A couple of days ago, Bill Richardson gave a speech in Iowa in which he detailed the major threats to world peace that the next president will have to deal with. There are many threats to peace, and we have seen with our current president just how badly an inexperienced leader can screw things up.

In our next president, we need someone with experience in dealing with world leaders. No one has had more experience or more success in dealing with world leaders than Bill Richardson -- even those leaders considered to be "outlaws" by most of the civilized world.

Richardson has had success as a congressman, a cabinet member, a governor, and especially as a diplomat on the international stage. After suffering through the incompetent currently in the White House, America badly needs a competent president to restore our respect and world standing, and to solve global threats to world peace. America needs Bill Richardson.

Here is some of what Richardson had to say. You can go here if you'd like to read the entire speech.

"For decades, we believed that the only apocalyptic threat to human civilization was the possibility of nuclear war. Now we know better. We know that poverty and overpopulation affect us all. Refugee crises. Pandemic diseases. Climate change. Environmental degradation. Resource depletion. Ethnic and political instability. These are not just the problems of individual nations; they are the problems of an interdependent world. We are the most powerful nation in the history of the world. Yet we are not immune to such threats. It will take vigilance and bold action now to preserve our safety for the future."

"We need to take immediate, bold steps toward clean energy. The foundation for international action will be my comprehensive energy program, which the Sierra Club has called the most aggressive of any Presidential candidate. I have learned some lessons on the way to making New Mexico the Clean Energy State. The most important one is that Americans are ready to act. All that they need is a President who is ready to lead. Once you lead, you find allies in corners whom you never knew existed."

"In these times, facing these threats, we cannot afford to have untested leadership. My colleagues in this race have my respect, but it is a simple fact that the next international deal negotiated by any of them will be his or her first."

"I rescued three hostages from Sudan; there was no time then for polls or consultants. Now is not the time for political calculation. As we gather our strength for this effort, we must remember that preserving one's popularity is no recipe for inspiring a nation, let alone the world. I owe my success in bringing people together and solving problems to risk taking. Sometimes you have to lay things on the line to get results."