Cenk said:
american foreign policy doesnt change from president to president.. (ok maybe the intensity of it changes a little)
democrat jfk sent the first troops to vietnam, democrat clinton bombed sudan, afghanistan and iraq. if there was a poll in europe today those two names would be on top of the list of people's most favourite american presidents.
do you think kerry being chosen as president would change a thing in the middle east or the rest of the world? probably the only thing it would have an affect on would be tax cuts for rich americans. thats all.
if I was american I would vote for nader. actually, if i was american i would probably denounce american citizenship and move to europe.
I agree with the first part. American foreign policy for the past fifty years which has been aimed at spreading the American empire, does not really change from Democrat to Republican. But, as they say we'll pick the "lesser of two evil"
In regards to, "actually, if i was american i would probably denounce american citizenship and move to europe." Are you refering to Europe being a nicer country, or are you putting in context of politics?
If its in the context of politics, I would like to respond.
Do you think that if any european country, or the E.U. were the hegemon and sole super power that anything would be different? They would be doing the same exact thing as America, which is to spread the empire. Dont you forget that governments of European countries, such as the UK and Italy are best buddies with USA. I think some get so caught up condemning the US(Me included) that we forgot the atrocities of European countries. They are not any better than the US in promoting moral values in their policies. Let me just name a few "moral" acts of Europeans in the past 100 years;
Genocide of Armenians by the Turks.
Nazi Genocides.
Russian/Soviet Union purges.
British imperialism, ask the Irish and the Indians.
The French in Algeria, and the rest of Africa.
Italy in Ethiopia, Libya.
Genocide of Albanians in the former Yugoslavia.
The list goes on...
Anyone that thinks that the world would be any different if any other country was the super power is an absolute fool. Also, anyone who singles out the US as the only terrorist government led by a terrorist administration, is also a fool. They all are, and unless there is substantial change, which I dont expect to see within my life time, it will always be the case. It's either change, or one day it will be absolute armageddon, when the very weapons we created to "protect" us will destroy us.
The truth being that the very system is flawed and immoral. I would have picked Kerry over Bush, and it is a sad day in American history that 3 million and a half more people(as of now) voted for Bush other than Kerry. The propaganda machine has worked, and its going to be four long more years...
"Terrorism is the use, oor threat, of action which violent, damaging or intimidate the public for the purpose of advancing a political, religious, or ideological cause"-US Army manual
