Macbraughton Culture – Creativity – Conflict

The End is Near

Is America really ready for a change?  I hope so.  I think that the rest of the world is ready too, at least the part I live in.  This will be the second presidential election that I have witnessed from the Canadian side of the border, and I'm hoping that this time I won't be so disappointed.  Part of me still can't believe that "W." was re-elected but fortunately his chapter in history as "leader of the free world" will soon be over.

Since 2003 I have met only a single person in Toronto that said they would have voted for Bush if given the opportunity.  I know that out west there are more Bush sympathizers, but here the opinion is that he was and is a terrible president, probably the worst president in the history of the United States.  I would have to agree.

There was an article in the New York Times the other day about Bush's decision for the troop surge in Iraq.  This article praised Bush for sending in more troops and credited this decision to the decrease in violence there.  I agree that tactically it was the right thing to do, the results speak for themselves.  What the article failed to remind us was that Bush invaded Iraq illegally.  He generated false intelligence and presented it to congress.  It is quite simple, really, he is a traitor.  Unfortunately being the president of the United States gives him a lot of legal and political clout and it looks like he will get away with it.  In the past, U. S. citizens have been executed for much lesser crimes.  It would be my greatest joy to see him prosecuted after he leaves office but I think the chances of that are quite slim.

As far as I am concerned the "troop surge" is one of the few things that Bush did right, but it wouldn't have been necessary if Iraq hadn't been invaded in the first place.

I'm still a registered voter in the state of Oklahoma, and I will be voting for Barak Obama this November.  If you are an American reading this please remember all of the blood that has been spilled, relations soured, reputations tarnished, and ask yourself, Was it worth it?  Are we any better off?  Are Americans really safer?  Saddam is dead but Osama is still out there.  The rich are richer and the poor are poorer.  It is time for a change.  Open your eyes.