I know that there is a strong chance that no one cares about foreign affairs like I do, but there are two stories you should pay attention to.

1 The US militarys hand over of security to Iraqi forces. I think republican on nearly every matter of foreign policy but this stinks of Vietnamization and the Nixon Doctrine, which were doomed policies and make Nixon look like an idiot.

Read about Vietnamization and the Nixon Doctrine here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamization#Vietnamization_and_American_Withdrawal.2C_1969-1974

Read the article about US policy here
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15946832/

2 Iran's President wrote the American people a nice letter. It would be a mistake to trust this mans intentions as anything other than self-serving, and his lack of attention to the plight of people in his own country is also interesting.

Read more here
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15947213/