Reply #45: You've made a great case to vote republican. [View All]

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

And, for American corporate hegemony throughout the world. I've read all of your posts, with interest, in this thread. It seems that your theme is that the Democrats won't win in '04 if they dare to speak out against American Imperialism which you defend as "defense" of American lives. The fact that this "war" costs innocent lives is of no concern to you as long as American interests are defended. You dismiss lightly the repugnance and disgust of most of the people of world, and a sizable number of Americans, at the use of American power to defend American corporations. You say that the "war on terrorism" supercedes all other considerations of humanity when you declare that 30,000+ Iraqi lives are expendable in comparison to 3000 American lives - even though none of those 30,000 had anything to do with the attack on the WTC. You applaud the "reshaping of the world" to "address totalitarian communism". I assume then, that you condoned the slaughter in Vietnam, the support for Savimbi in Angola, the overthrow of democratic governments, and a long, very long, list of other bloody conflicts that the US government(s) instituted or supported.

The fact that none of what BushCorp has done will, in any way, diminish the causes of "terrorism" whether from Islamic extremists or people around the world who seek a better life, you brush aside as insignificant.

You say that "new Europe" is on our side. You neglect to mention that the governments of some of the states of "new Europe" are being bought and paid for to support our imperialism and that the majority of the people of new Europe oppose our invasion and subjugation of Iraq.

Bush and his corporate cronies have managed to turn most of the world against us with his act of naked aggression against Iraq.

You seem to think that we should embrace the "war" and Bush's policies because the polls indicate that it's politically expedient to do so. That voting against Bush's vision of America is a silly exercise in futility because the majority of American voters back it.
In 1968, the majority of the American people backed the war in Vietnam. A "minority" opposed it. They did it again in 1972. Why do you think they did that? So, the Democrats could lose? Couldn't they see the handwriting on the wall?

As one of those "minority" voters I voted against the war in Vietnam because it was the right thing to do.

I have a question for you. What in the hell do you stand for?