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ah, the back button does miracles. here it is (warning: do not stress, it's merely an optimistic view on the situation in the world):
------what i also miss is any rational analysis on a subject like this. McNamara once said that pure rationale could kill us all (in relation to the Cuban crisis, which brought us extremely close to total nuclear destruction), yet, the responses loaded with pure emotions drive us into a malformed image of reality as well.
Let's not forget that the US is the most powerful nation in the world, and will be so for a while (but perhaps not too long anymore?), yet, they always get the blame when acting, or moreso, reacting. But still, if anything terrible occurs in the world, the people in the western world, knock on America's door crying for help. See Serbia/Kosovo conflict, for instance. Europe is still to entangled in it's own difficult process of unification to even think of building a strong military might.
9/11 could have happened anywhere, yet, America had to be the place. Not just because it is the richest nation, not because of simply the free spirited way of life, but because (imho) of its sheer military might. There are countries, like mine for instance, that are in some ways even more "liberated" from religious influence, and therefore much more sinful and free spirited. Yet, America had to draw *that* terrible straw.
The question remains, what if the US wasn't the biggest superpower? What if Russia was? Or China? Or Iran? Would thing s turn out the same after such a tragedy?
This is not a plea for forgiveness towards US policy. Au contraire..
I am just pointing out that l'histoire se repete, most, if not all superpowers in human history have their own tragedies, used as a reference and often an unlimited excuse for their foreign policies.
Sure, Bush is one of the worst presidents ever, if he'd live in the time of Nixon, or before it, he'd never get away with all the lies and cover-ups, let alone win a second round into Office.
On the other hand, we've had a lot of situations things could have turned out far worse. The case with Bush is, he's stupid and slightly powerdizzy. He may have abused the institution of democracy a little (yes, understatement), but at least it's still alive and far from being dead or suffering fatal disease. There is a cure, and it's called elections.
And I have a feeling things can only get better the next time round, be it a democratic or a republican, i don't think the next president can ever allow himself to sink as deep as Bush did.
And even now, with Bush in office, life must be better for many than ina lot of other countries, like North-Korea, Zimbabwe, Turkmenistan or even Russia for that matter.
Fox News ain't shit compared to the Russian controlled media.
So, please, always look at the bright side of life. With a healthy dose of rationale.
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