I want to start by saying I dont condone terrorist attacks and I can understand how people can be hurt and angry when their people are attacked-- This is normal
Now eventhough, I havent made up my mind up on military action in Iraq-- The american people should not give the President the Green light to do whatever he wants. Americans always say that Freedom of expression and democracy is a fundamental elements of American life.
However, a critical aspect of democracy is freedom of information. If Americans neither get enough or appropriate information to make an informed decision.
They basically say I support the military and I support the President.
They dont for example think-- well pretty much the whole world is against military action, nelson mandela is against military action, and it seems perhaps (MAY BE WRONG) most british citizens are at the very least skeptical if not against it.
Americans dont think to themselves why and is it justified— like in the 60s and early 70s when we went to Vietnam
I love America and UK more than any other nations in the world-- thses are the countries I were raised in I am an American and British-- and when the towers fell- i got angry hurt and sad- and I still am
But americans need to wise up and do more questioning not just blindly follow the government-----that is not a Democracy
Bush does not have the Green light to do what ever he wants. Not many people are convinced that going to war with Iraq is the right thing to do. He has been forced to accept that he will bring his case to the Congress before he does anything. Many senators, including Dianne Feinstein have spoken against any action against Iraq.
Without a clear cut complicity of Iraq with the terrorists or its refusal to satisfy that it is complying with UN resolutions, US just is not going to bomb Iraq. Anyway, congress will have to give approval.
The British did not join in the fight in Viet Nam, however the Aussies did. Freedom of expression does still exist in America and the President encourages this. He has done so more than any of his Republican predecessors. He is doing that part of his job correctly. Can Saddam, the neighboorhood bully, gain acess to an arsenal of weapons that include a nuclear capability? Other nations do have them, but are not quite as "rogue" as Saddam seems to be. Will the cost of "regime change" have serious side effects? Can the US pull off an invasion to the best of it's ability? Would a future democratic Iraq and a Shia Iran be more cooperative, thus posing a problem for Sunni Muslim states? This one of America's greatest conundrums, to date.
However, a critical aspect of democracy is freedom of information. If Americans neither get enough or appropriate information to make an informed decision. <<<
Excuse me? What in your view is ‘appropriate’ information? The UK tabloids with royals plastered all over? Give me a break.
The problem with the European Press in general is that they are fixated on the USA because there is nothing exciting happening in Europe. An Average American is more informed than an average Brit, any-day (at least about American Affairs). A European may know more about the American systems because they look for leadership from the US. They don’t admit it, but deep down they all want to be the US.
… now that is what i call.. voice of truth:k: