The United States elections have tormented the minds of the normal citizen to the point that it reminds one of what it feels like awaiting the strike of a Hurricane or serious storm. There is a frantic urgency that things need to get done in a hurry. During the elections every serious issue comes into play and things seem in a crisis mode. As a person who has lived in Atlantic Canada for over two decades I have vivid memories of such anticipation. There is a sense of imminent danger and you try to remain focused, but the storm is approaching fast! What else do you need to do to assure the safety of your family?
During these elections, you hear the stump speeches and are told outlandish lies by some politicians, yet without caution, due to the just created crisis you throw your support behind a candidate that says that experience is what you need at a time like this? The storm hits! Debris is flying all around, property is damaged and in certain circumstances lives are lost but in almost all circumstances, lives are changed.
Didn’t you make the right decisions?
Didn’t you prepare well in advance?
What could have gone wrong?
Why was there so much destruction?
You then realize that there was one thing you didn’t do. You carelessly thought that you would be safe staying put, but because of an omission of facts that storm made a direct hit. Similarly, this happens all too often during an election process. Right wing politicians come along and omit some truth or obliterate the facts with lies. You foolishly believe them and the resulting breakdowns, economic and otherwise, often jump on the bandwagon of wars and talks of war.
If you have made this mistake in the past maybe now is the time for you to rethink seriously about what is ahead. Storms, especially political ones, can be dangerous. They will cause a society to fall short of its potential. It’s very difficult to rise above the confusion when you have leaders who cannot lead, or who omit important details just to save face and make a political score. The criteria for making the right choice seem clear. A good leader is focused, clear on solutions and rarely obliterates the truth. Each one of us is capable of making decisions. We need to be honest and true to ourselves and not allow racism, sexism, discrimination and greed blind us in that decision making process.
The current administration of the United States government has spelled out nothing but disaster for the past eight years. The American people have put a President inside the White House that has lead their country to an unforgivable, unnecessary war with Iraq, an economy that is tittering on the verge of collapse. It is a known fact that the only reason this Republican was re-elected was fear and fear alone. The events of 9/11, Bin Laden and the terror that was caused and separate from the War in Iraq. The American people were blandly lied to and even the United Nations did not support the invasion and it was done without their approval. According to documentation, a new UN Council resolution for the invasion of Iraq was aborted because of the resistances from other members. Iraq was invaded anyway on March 20th 2003. So on the issue of the War in Iraq alone there is enough evidence that proves that the Republican Party had this planned all along, there is also too much evidence that they would distort the facts. This is just one issue, there are many others, including what is happening right now on Wall Street. Be smart, look into those facts. When a presidential candidate like McCain spends the majority of his time talking of wars, and more wars in the future, do you really want more of this same rhetoric? Be smart. Senator Obama has always defended his position on the war with concrete proof that it was wrong to begin with and he believes in the people he wants to serve. His campaign has been a great example of his ability to lead, and even in times of tough controversy throughout it he has come out solid. He remains focused on the task at hand, to lead the American people back to where they should be, a proud and strong country.
As a Canadian I deserve to have a United States President that can lead, not only in his own country but in matters that concern our planet.
Claudia Julien
Grande-Anse, NB Canada
REFERENCES:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3661134.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq “ With the election of George W. Bush as U.S. President in 2000, the U.S. moved towards a more active policy of “regime change” in Iraq. The Republican Party's campaign platform in the 2000 election called for "full implementation" of the Iraq Liberation Act and removal of Saddam Hussein, and key Bush advisors, including Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and Rumsfeld’s Deputy Paul Wolfowitz, were longstanding advocates of invading Iraq.[32] After leaving the administration, former Bush treasury secretary Paul O'Neill said that an attack on Iraq had been planned since the inauguration, and that the first National Security Council meeting involved discussion of an invasion. O'Neill later backtracked, saying that these discussions were part of a continuation of foreign policy first put into place by the Clinton Administration.”
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