I have to say in my highschool and junior high years I was a bookworm who always saw the news, read newspapers and discussed politics with my friends. It was my favorite thing to follow, my great passion, when I wasn't at track practice, when I wasn't playing soccer, when I was done studying, when I returned to America from my yearly vacations, I was following up with politics, But then something happened; when I saw a politics that ignored the people and the world, I became hopeless and created an apathy to a political system that all of a sudden seemed apathetic to me and the rest of the nation. Therefore I made a promise to myself to stay away from the hopeless and lying world of politics, the world that fights destructive wars and ruins lives instead of creating and strengthening civilizations. These past months I've found a voice in politics that captured my attentionWhen I went to an Obama rally in Boston I was merely giving politics a second chance in my life. After-all I had just become a US citizen, and proudly embraced my responsibility to not only vote for the person responsible to lead me, but also the person who I think will best lead the rest of the nation and in this person I am looking for a great listener, someone who believes in the grassroots approach, someone who brings about the issue of making health care affordable, because it's prices are ridiculous, I'm looking for a leader who puts negotiation, unity and partnership first and doesn't start talking about war and threats to other nations. I'm looking for a leader like Barack Obama. After all a president is supposed to be a diplomat and diplomats of civilized nations should negotiate and create allies instead of wars.
When I see that Hillary Clinton is removing people from her campaign staff, it worries me that a potential leader of the united states can't even be an effective leader within her own campaign. If she can’t work with bettering her campaign workers, and has to replace them, than how can she better the united states and even more importantly what does that say about her readiness to work with the rest of the world.
I have respect for all politicians because there are human and they deserve to be treated respectfully, but this election is about leadership, its about healing the wounds that have been caused, its about changing the failing method of governance in Washington, its about making us an ally of more countries, not about threatening other countries.
Iran:I am surprised that candidates can talk about attacking Iran before they talk about respectfully negotiating or talking to Iran. Obama is the only candidate that has talked about speaking with Iranians, about sitting down with Iran's leaders. This is nothing new in politics, in fact proper leaders of civilizations are the ones who talk, negotiate...after all the US, is not a military state its a Nation, a civilized nation, and instead of making threats that could cause the destruction and death of thousands, we need a president who's going to build peace, and peace is not built with bombs and war. This concerns me because I am a citizen of the world as well, and so is the rest of the nation; therefore it is important to have a government that bridges our gaps with the rest of the world. In this way we can be more powerful and our global economy can serve us better. It will also enhance our safety.
Iraq:because the surge is working does not mean the right thing has been done..It just means that we have successfully occupied a nation against its will, killed thousands, and destroyed families, crushed futures and hopes of millions of Iraqis whom are refugees without a land, without a normal life. We don’t even do anything to help the millions of Iraqi refugees who are homeless and landless. It is something to be ashamed of. The only solution is to leave Iraq, with so many stories of soldiers raping and killing innocent people, with stories of tortures and abuses carried upon Iraqis, I don't think US presence there is necessarily doing any good. And in response to McCain comparing Iraq to North Korea or Germany; Iraq is a different nation, with different demands and they don’t want us there; whether its in peaceful nor in war time, we are destroying our army as well as their nation. And also Foreign military intervention in any war has never proved successful. Obama never voted for this war, never supported it and will end it. Clinton approved for the war even after thousands of Americans went out into the streets protesting against it, Clinton approved a war that so many Americans spoke against. Where was she when the people spoke against the war? is this the leader who we want?...just another Bush..another president who doesn't listen to the people? And of course not listening to the people’s protests leads politicians to make irrational decisions.
Saving America:I want to live in an America that will better heal wounds, create policies at grassroots level, because those are the policies that come directly from the people. I want to live in a country where the government represents the greatness of it's people, I want America saved from the abuses and manipulations of the wealthy few who use fear to brainwash us into sacrificing our lives just so that a few wealthy individuals can get rich. We put money into weapon manufacturers' hands, and some soldiers don't even get all the services they were promised. Some soldiers get discharges even though they suffer from mental effects of wars. Thousands of soldiers have committed suicide or become suicidal because of this war, thousands have gone AWOL, thousands have crossed the border into Canada so that they don't return to the horror of Iraq. What is happening to our nation? What is happening to the America that I believed in?
This is a great nation, we should be proud that we have great and quality leaders such as Barak Obama, a man born and raised in this country and a man who represents the great ideals that make this country great.
When I see that Hillary Clinton is removing people from her campaign staff, it worries me that a potential leader of the united states can't even be an effective leader within her own campaign. If she can’t work with bettering her campaign workers, and has to replace them, than how can she better the united states and even more importantly what does that say about her readiness to work with the rest of the world.
I have respect for all politicians because there are human and they deserve to be treated respectfully, but this election is about leadership, its about healing the wounds that have been caused, its about changing the failing method of governance in Washington, its about making us an ally of more countries, not about threatening other countries.
Iran:I am surprised that candidates can talk about attacking Iran before they talk about respectfully negotiating or talking to Iran. Obama is the only candidate that has talked about speaking with Iranians, about sitting down with Iran's leaders. This is nothing new in politics, in fact proper leaders of civilizations are the ones who talk, negotiate...after all the US, is not a military state its a Nation, a civilized nation, and instead of making threats that could cause the destruction and death of thousands, we need a president who's going to build peace, and peace is not built with bombs and war. This concerns me because I am a citizen of the world as well, and so is the rest of the nation; therefore it is important to have a government that bridges our gaps with the rest of the world. In this way we can be more powerful and our global economy can serve us better. It will also enhance our safety.
Iraq:because the surge is working does not mean the right thing has been done..It just means that we have successfully occupied a nation against its will, killed thousands, and destroyed families, crushed futures and hopes of millions of Iraqis whom are refugees without a land, without a normal life. We don’t even do anything to help the millions of Iraqi refugees who are homeless and landless. It is something to be ashamed of. The only solution is to leave Iraq, with so many stories of soldiers raping and killing innocent people, with stories of tortures and abuses carried upon Iraqis, I don't think US presence there is necessarily doing any good. And in response to McCain comparing Iraq to North Korea or Germany; Iraq is a different nation, with different demands and they don’t want us there; whether its in peaceful nor in war time, we are destroying our army as well as their nation. And also Foreign military intervention in any war has never proved successful. Obama never voted for this war, never supported it and will end it. Clinton approved for the war even after thousands of Americans went out into the streets protesting against it, Clinton approved a war that so many Americans spoke against. Where was she when the people spoke against the war? is this the leader who we want?...just another Bush..another president who doesn't listen to the people? And of course not listening to the people’s protests leads politicians to make irrational decisions.
Saving America:I want to live in an America that will better heal wounds, create policies at grassroots level, because those are the policies that come directly from the people. I want to live in a country where the government represents the greatness of it's people, I want America saved from the abuses and manipulations of the wealthy few who use fear to brainwash us into sacrificing our lives just so that a few wealthy individuals can get rich. We put money into weapon manufacturers' hands, and some soldiers don't even get all the services they were promised. Some soldiers get discharges even though they suffer from mental effects of wars. Thousands of soldiers have committed suicide or become suicidal because of this war, thousands have gone AWOL, thousands have crossed the border into Canada so that they don't return to the horror of Iraq. What is happening to our nation? What is happening to the America that I believed in?
This is a great nation, we should be proud that we have great and quality leaders such as Barak Obama, a man born and raised in this country and a man who represents the great ideals that make this country great.
