>American Elections 2004...
>Warning- the following post is an open letter of sorts to Americans.
>
>So elections are being held in America. We're
>watching curiously here. Previously, Iraqis
>didn't really take a very active interest in
>elections. We knew when they were being held and
>quite a few Iraqis could give an opinion about
>either of the candidates. I think many of us
>realized long ago that American foreign policy
>really had nothing to do with this Democrat or
>that Republican.
>
>It sometimes seems, from this part of the world,
>that democracy in America revolves around the
>presidential elections- not the major decisions.
>War and peace in America are in the average
>American's hands about as much as they are in
>mine. Sure, you can vote for this man or that
>one, but in the end, there's something bigger,
>more intricate and quite sinister behind the
>decisions. Like in that board game Monopoly, you
>can choose the game pieces- the little shoe, the
>car, the top hatŠ but you can't choose the way
>the game is played. The faces change but the
>intentions and the policy remain the same.
>
>snip: for more, see
>
>http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/
You snipped before the nut graf:
>Who am I hoping will win? Definitely Kerry.
>There's no question about it. I want Bush out of
>the White House at all costs. (And yes- who is
>*in* the White House *is* my business-
>Americans, you made it my business when you
>occupied my country last year) I'm too realistic
>to expect drastic change or anything phenomenal,
>but I don't want Bush reelected because his
>reelection (or shall I call it his
>'reassignment') will condone the wars on
>Afghanistan and Iraq. It will say that this
>catastrophe in Iraq was worth its price in
>American and Iraqi lives. His reassignment to
>the White House will sanction all the bloodshed
>and terror we've been living for the last year
>and a half.