Musings

Am I the only one that thinks that terrorism is worldwide problem and not just a problem of the U.S.. One way of getting out of Iraq would to be to let other nations know that we are going to leave Iraq and try to involve them. It seems to me that the stability or the instability of the middle east should be a concern of many other countries other than the U.S.. So why are none of the presidential candidates talking about cooperating with other countries? Are all the leaders in this country so arrogant as to think that only the U.S. can be effective at combating terrorism. Would it be possible to get a true coalition of countries together without demanding that the coalition be ruled by the U.S.? This is what the candidates should be talking about, not just when and how to get out of Iraq. Could the U.S. support a coalition in which they aren't in complete control? If it is just "we would like for you to join the coalition but we are going to call all the shots", then there is no hope for a true coalition on the middle east but if we can admit that possibly other countries self interest would make them more effective at helping to stabilize Iraq and the rest of the middle east. Of course that does leave Israel as a problem. We say we support democracy but is Israel really a democracy or is it an ethnic dictatorship. We do support democracy as long as the people vote the way our government wants them to. Did the CIA have any part in the uprisings a few years ago that were trying to oust Hugo Chavez from office in Venezuela?