Lothian
1st November 2004, 05:20 AM
As a European I have changed my mind over the last few weeks. I have spent too long thinking “If I was American who would I vote for”. I am not American so I need to think what is best for me.
I was originally for Kerry but the more I read into the issues the more I prefer Bush as the next (same) president.
America is in my opinion too strong. We have gone from a cold war standoff situation to a single super power who acts selfishly, totally independent from the consensus of world opinion.
That is not a good situation creating as it does uncertainty.
It is important for world stability that America loses its dominating position. It will always be a major force but it can not be allowed to act / interfere unilaterally in global issues. We need Europe to be able to match America on a world stage and to moderate their behaviour.
George Bush represents the best chance for Europe. He has made the poor in America poorer has turned surpluses into debt and has committed billions of pounds chasing an ideological rather then real threat.
America is however not yet sufficiently economically weakened. We need them to suffer further. Ideally they could spend fortunes attacking another country, committing resources indefinitely.
Their perceived arrogant attitude has turned 9/11 goodwill away from America. Europe needs to capitalise on this and take the place of America in terms of exploiting mutually beneficial trade agreements.
Continued overspending for the next four years along with the further distancing of national relationships is needed to weaken America to an economic state where it must concentrate on its own internal economic crisis rather than on global events.
Then Europe will hopefully have acclimatised the new entrants and will be in a position to capitalise from a position of strength, However we need America to continue on its current course so for that I hope Bush wins.
I was originally for Kerry but the more I read into the issues the more I prefer Bush as the next (same) president.
America is in my opinion too strong. We have gone from a cold war standoff situation to a single super power who acts selfishly, totally independent from the consensus of world opinion.
That is not a good situation creating as it does uncertainty.
It is important for world stability that America loses its dominating position. It will always be a major force but it can not be allowed to act / interfere unilaterally in global issues. We need Europe to be able to match America on a world stage and to moderate their behaviour.
George Bush represents the best chance for Europe. He has made the poor in America poorer has turned surpluses into debt and has committed billions of pounds chasing an ideological rather then real threat.
America is however not yet sufficiently economically weakened. We need them to suffer further. Ideally they could spend fortunes attacking another country, committing resources indefinitely.
Their perceived arrogant attitude has turned 9/11 goodwill away from America. Europe needs to capitalise on this and take the place of America in terms of exploiting mutually beneficial trade agreements.
Continued overspending for the next four years along with the further distancing of national relationships is needed to weaken America to an economic state where it must concentrate on its own internal economic crisis rather than on global events.
Then Europe will hopefully have acclimatised the new entrants and will be in a position to capitalise from a position of strength, However we need America to continue on its current course so for that I hope Bush wins.