Environment

I understand that the environment is a big deal, and I understand that the US needs to help lead the way toward improving the environment. However, at this upcoming meeting on climate change, I don't think it is Obama's job to try to control the meeting and tell other nations what to do. America has been trying to lead through pure power for too long. Other nations have ideas, and if America stands back, then maybe these ideas can come out. I'm not saying that we shouldn't contribute to the meeting, just that we should show an effort to be accomodating to other countries. In the end, I think that it is most important that the US lead by example. No matter how strong of an argument we make to convince other nations to change, it is pointless unless we change ourselves. Rather than telling other nations what to do, I feel that we should do something ourselves, see how well it works, and then bring our results to the world. The most important change probably isn't going to come from the top down, so at every level we should be focusing on improving the environment from the bottom up.