10-20-2008, 10:17 AM
I hope you are wrong. The implications of invading Pakistan, just don't bear thinking about.
As usual, Shadow is right but far too polite. Many people outside the USA consider America the biggest threat to world peace at the moment. Many people sincerely do not accept the USA's interpretations of the terms "democracy" and "freedom" and have managed to develop societies over hundreds, maybe thousands, of years that seem to work more or less; amazingly enough often without the need for American intervention. Many smaller countries (and no doubt some larger ones too) find the arrogance of the American war machine bewildering. I find this really difficult to square with the American friends and family I have who are without exception warm, outgoing, caring and generous beyond any other single group I can name.
Clearly I know nothing of the realities of any of this. I'm only an opinionated outsider, but just how do "democracies" end up with electoral systems that promise both continuity and change where needed, but fundamentally end up perpetuating the status quo?
We have a similar situation in the UK with our two party game, it's just that your election is a far more glitzy circus. Considering all the different kinds of fruit one might enjoy, why does it always come down to a choice between an orange and an orange?
As usual, Shadow is right but far too polite. Many people outside the USA consider America the biggest threat to world peace at the moment. Many people sincerely do not accept the USA's interpretations of the terms "democracy" and "freedom" and have managed to develop societies over hundreds, maybe thousands, of years that seem to work more or less; amazingly enough often without the need for American intervention. Many smaller countries (and no doubt some larger ones too) find the arrogance of the American war machine bewildering. I find this really difficult to square with the American friends and family I have who are without exception warm, outgoing, caring and generous beyond any other single group I can name.
Clearly I know nothing of the realities of any of this. I'm only an opinionated outsider, but just how do "democracies" end up with electoral systems that promise both continuity and change where needed, but fundamentally end up perpetuating the status quo?
We have a similar situation in the UK with our two party game, it's just that your election is a far more glitzy circus. Considering all the different kinds of fruit one might enjoy, why does it always come down to a choice between an orange and an orange?
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