Obama Gives Global Marshall Plan Style Speech

What do we all think, read the speech here.

At one point Obama states:

I will make the case to the American people that it can be our best investment in increasing the common security of the entire world. That was true with the Marshall Plan, and that must be true today.

That's why I'll double our foreign assistance to $50 billion by 2012, and use it to support a stable future in failing states, and sustainable growth in Africa; to halve global poverty and to roll back disease. To send once more a message to those yearning faces beyond our shores that says, "You matter to us. Your future is our future. And our moment is now.

Anyway it's a pretty great speech, especially when he starts pointing out all the 'what could have beens' if Bush had spent money and diplomatic weight properly.

But I honestly will await a nice policy brief with some details outlining how Obama will do this...you know, get some development experts to write down some specifics.

Good stuff.