The election was more than a referendum on a president operating above the law and presiding over financial and moral corruption, cronyism and excessive political partisanship at the expense of the common good. It was more than a referendum on Iraq, where the U.S. much like the military junta in Algeria in the 1990s is a party to or an accomplice in anarchy and mass killings.
The entire gamut of Bush's policies stand repudiated:
The war on terror, which has increased terrorism and diluted the most fundamental principles of American democracy, with warrant-less wiretaps on residents, secret CIA prisons, detention of hundreds without charge, and the use of torture.
The war in Afghanistan, which is going nowhere.
The blind support of Israel's own "war on terror," which is making Israelis less safe, while starving and punishing all Palestinians and killing and injuring too many.
The botched handling of North Korea and Iran, which has led to one nation already acquiring a nuclear bomb and the other increasingly slipping out from under international inspections.
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"The entire gamut of Bush's policies stand repudiated". I think not. This was definitely against Bush's occupation of Iraq (which I agree has been an unmitigated failure and was built on lies to begin with), but had it been on Afghanistan and/or just about anything else, he may have won yet again. The vast majority of American's (including the so-called lefty Democrats) support the actions in Afghanistan. Haroon knows this, but needs these broad strokes to sow discord here against something he is personally against. Once again, this man needs to check his facts. The Republican loss was based on the Iraq adventure entirely. Not Israel, not Afghanistan, not even the domestic economy.
The Dems has suggested that the troops pull fron Iraq and stationed in neighbouring countries to "observe" It had also been suggested that the troops go to Afghanistan, where better needed. Political speechs or for real, Harper thinks for real.
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If there was ever a time for Canadians to become pushy - now is the time - for time is running out on this nation called Canada.
With all due respect RW the average voter in the US and Canada is stuck in some hallucination that any one established party has integrity and is independent of ruling class influence.
“The main mark of modern governments is that we do not know who governs, de facto any more than de jure. We see the politician and not his backer; still less the backer of his backer; or what is most important of all, the BANKER of the backer.”
GK Chesterton.
When the electorate becomes lulled into believing that fault lies with this party or that they have totally missed that fault doesn’t lie with the party’s but with those who elect them.
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Diogenes said:
"I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels."
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I had this in mind when I was responding to your post RW<br />
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“Too many Americans harbor the illusion that we live in a democracy simply because we have the right to vote. But let us be clear about something: voting matters only where real choices are allowed. It is universally understood that special interest money runs the American political system and thus defines what the choices will be. So we are left to choose between candidates who are financed by special interest money, which any fool can see, is no choice at all.”<br />
<p>---<br>Diogenes said:<br />
"I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels."
The American voters have seen through the Bush propaganda. Will Harper?
Anyone paying attention, and one would expect Harper is, can see through Bush "propaganda" and Harper being who he is will be more inclined to emulate Bush by using the same propaganda than admit it is propaganda.
In the article, Haroon was being very generous and most polite making these statements. I couldn't have held back the way he did.
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"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche
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