OBAMA FACES A GREAT OPPORTUNITY

JIANG, JIPING

JANUARY 13, 2010

The capital of Haiti was almost devastated by a 7.0 major earthquake yesterday and millions of people are affected by the natural disaster. The president of the country had asked help from international community.

Therefore, the president Obama faces a great opportunity to show his leadership in international affair. He should immediately contact the government of Haiti to make the arrangement of rescue plan. He should offer the opinion to send American military to do the rescue job.

If he can do this way, he will change the way of military use in the world stage and set a good sample of peaceful use of military force in the future. This will make him really fit the title of Noble Peace Price winner. That is to use military force to save lives instead to kill.

In my personal view, sending military force to Haiti to do the rescue job will have much greater positive impression on international community than sending troops to Afghanistan.