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Monday, November 21, 2005

War and policy

One argument from conservative right is that terrorists are evil, Iraqi war is the fight against terrorists. So the war is justified.

First of all, Iraq has nothing to do with the terrorists of 9.11. Saudi Arab does. Second, yes, 9.11 is terrible and terrorists are evil, but that doesn't justify the war which kills thousands of innocents and takes two thousands lives of brave American soldiers. Terrorists are evil, we can act as evil. Eye to eye. Is that the logic of those conservatives? If so, they have proved to be evil by this logic.

Who caused terrorism in the world? This is a complicated issue. One reason that is agreed among some scholoars is the American policy toward Palestinian-Isreal conflict. Every policy will have its consequences sooner or later. America should have the wisdom to make good policies for its own national security and interest. When American national security and interest are damaged (such as 9.11), that proves the policies made are wrong. It should be a simple logic here.

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Election

American democracy has been a symbolic model and pride for many years. After living in US for 2 decades, I start to realize that this model has its limitation. Money becomes one of the main source of power in politics. Many candidates spend excessively in their campaigns. "Buying" election is one major concern for many voters. Money = Democracy ???? Money can buy lies and "makeups". Once democracy falls, what else can stand?