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First off, I am not a fan of our two party system of politics. (Multi-party by law, two party in practice.) Obama and McCain are both clowns dressed in different makeup in my opinion.
After watching Obama's foreign policy speech on the 15th, I believe that what we are looking at is simply the same rhetoric repackaged, as it has always been around election time.
A few questions are raised by the speech:
1. What exactly is a "rogue" nation? One that doesn't subscribe to our consumer lifestyle? One that doesn't share our particular form of "family values"? Obama says he will seek out nuclear weapons in "rogue nations." Isn't that what the Iraq War is? How is this policy any better?
2. Doesn't spending $15 Billion a year for "energy independence" amount to bailing petroleum companies out of the need to invest their own money in a new energy infrastructure? Why should the American people pay for the infrastructure that will enable energy companies to reap future profits in this time when petroleum resources are dwindling? Shouldn't the corporations that stand to profit from the sale of petroleum replacement products (of whatever type) be paying for that infrastructure?
3. What is the difference between sending troops to Iraq to die, and sending them into Afghanistan? That's not anti-war..is it?
4. Why is it that I see no difference between the Patriot Act Fiasco and the harm it has done to American Freedom, and the notion of investing money in security technologies for our trains, planes and ports? Why are we so paranoid? We're the most powerful nation in the world..Home of the Brave. Why are we so fearful?
In my opinion, there is no real threat except the fear of threats that we continue to embrace as though it were the American thing to do..in direct contradiction to our most dearly held notions of American ideals of bravery, courage and freedom. You cannot embrace fear and be free. They are contradictions in terms.
I listened to this speech, perhaps even with a touch of hope. Instead I found war mongering hidden behind a facade of anti-war rhetoric. I found another politician who is willing to hand the American taxpayer's money over to big business in order to bail them out of a bad decision made BY CORPORATIONS over 100 years ago.
I'm sorely disappointed. There will be no change this election cycle. Just more of the same crap from a different party.
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