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.
2 Comments:
Hi Michael
I guess we are in for four more years of terrorism. I was broken hearted when I heard the results.
The day after the elections, news reported that hits to Canadian Immigration websites increased alot....looks like lots of US citizens are fed up.
These US citizens are the peace loving kind of people I would love to welcome to Canada...but I must ask them to please stay in the USA!
Let me explain. If too many peace loving US citizens migrate to Canada, then the US will contain a higher percentage of war loving citizens, making it much more difficult to break the cycle of international bulying that has become the reputation of the USA.
We need you to stay there and promote peaceful attitudes. Have babies, teach them to be peaceful, non fear-driven citizens. Teach them to be free thinkers and independant voters. Teach them that conflicts are natural, and that they can be resolved peacefuly. Spread the word.
Maybe there will be a chance the USA will in turn grow into a responsible global citizen, and maybe the world will survive.
Maybe I will come to love the USA as much as I do the inteligent, warm, peace loving people who live there.
Ray
We have to be careful not to makejump to the following conclusions based on the election results:
(1) The US is now split, or (2) The majority of US citizens are blindly supporting Bush.
Due to the political system of the US, it has been historically common for the presidential elections to be very tight. Often too, the campaigns gradually narrowed down into a few "hot issues" before the election. The "splitting" results may not reflect a splitting country on all counts, but perhaps only on the "hot spots".
Although the Republicans had a wonderful victory in the Presidential and Congress elections, the Democrats still have a strong societal basis. The politics of the US is not only played in the White House and on the Capitol Hill, but also on the streets and in the many communities of the country. We will wait and see.
In many ways, I am still confident of the democratic and liberal traditions of the US. But it's true that the hardliner approach of the Bush government (especially now with Rice being the new Secretary of State) is going to create very challenging conditions for world politics, the impact of which may last for a much longer time than this second term of Mr. Bush himself.
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