US Presidential Election - How Do You Choose?
In 2 days, the US Presidential Election will happen. The battle has been a fierce AND close one. Who will win?
Is the split in poll results reflecting a country divided into 2 opposing camps? In the post-911 era, it seems that people can no longer stand on the line. A position is almost expected of anyone. But I do understand that it is unavoidable. The world has changed, and we are into a very different time than before. Which side are you going to choose?
I, for one, will not choose a president who is going to take a warring approach to solve the threats of our age - the threats of global terrorism. It will be unfair to claim that terrorism as we know it now is the result of such a warring approach taken by the world's strongest nation. However, this approach is certainly not going to get us out of the terror we are now facing.
The concern for human security must go beyond the simplistic dualism now used by the US in her foreign policy - the 'us' and 'them' dualism which in the past had put them into very difficult human conditions. I am just bewildered by the fact that so many US citizens did not seem to have learned from their own country's history.
We must look towards the wider international community to come up with collaborated strategies and mechanisms that focus on the improvement of human security. This is not a task that any single country should take on its own.
Is the split in poll results reflecting a country divided into 2 opposing camps? In the post-911 era, it seems that people can no longer stand on the line. A position is almost expected of anyone. But I do understand that it is unavoidable. The world has changed, and we are into a very different time than before. Which side are you going to choose?
I, for one, will not choose a president who is going to take a warring approach to solve the threats of our age - the threats of global terrorism. It will be unfair to claim that terrorism as we know it now is the result of such a warring approach taken by the world's strongest nation. However, this approach is certainly not going to get us out of the terror we are now facing.
The concern for human security must go beyond the simplistic dualism now used by the US in her foreign policy - the 'us' and 'them' dualism which in the past had put them into very difficult human conditions. I am just bewildered by the fact that so many US citizens did not seem to have learned from their own country's history.
We must look towards the wider international community to come up with collaborated strategies and mechanisms that focus on the improvement of human security. This is not a task that any single country should take on its own.
posted by Michael Yue (Blog Owner) | 10:23 p.m.
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