Obama's first foreign policy debate was one from the heart, all tied liberally with fantasy ribbons and bows. He lost the election, and learned a valuable lesson — don't tell the whole story.

"As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney square off for the foreign policy debate, it’s worth recalling Obama’s first ever recorded views on foreign policy in a 2000 congressional debate in which he called for massive defense cuts to build “an infrastructure for peace instead of more tools for war” and spend massively on health care, government-run schools, and state-directed development."
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/flashback-obamas-early-foreign-policy-thoughts-from-2000-debate-included-an-infrastructure-of-peace/