Obama has been criticized as naive for proposing to meet with enemies with little or no advanced preparations or negotiations.
The fear is that the visit would be used for propaganda by the bad actors.
But what if Obama can leverage his greatest assets by proposing such introductory meetings in exchange for a broadcast to the entire population. What if the citizens of Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba can hear the inspiring words of our young, multi-ethnic, popularly-elected leader. It seems to me that his primary audience would be those citizens who are moderate, open-minded, and sympathetic to a liberal democracy, not only in the host country, but in the entire world. It seems like this would be a way to alter the tone of international diplomacy.
Heck, even invite the incorrigible leaders to speak to the US audience.
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