New Democrat / Ex-Republican

Democratic Imperialism

We as a country have been saying that we want to spread Democracy throughout the world. The world hears that we want to spread judea christian values and capitalism. We as Americans can't see this problem. We love what democracy and capitalism has provided us. And we want to spread the secret to our success.

But the outside world does not see it that way. We may have even inadvertently done this to ourselves. During the cold war, we labeled communists as atheist and the US as god fearing christians. Now we want to spread democracy like the domino theory we said threatened our freedoms. It's no wonder, moslems and other non-christian countries fear democracy.

And with GW's christian right rhetoric and absolute support for Israel, no matter how totalitarian they act toward the Palestinians, the Middle East will never desire or accept democracy. Most Democracies in the world are judea christian. And the ones that aren't where beaten into submission -- Japan comes to mind.

GW's stated goal is to spread democracy. In reality, this may be more of an economic strategy than some great plan to make the world a wonderful democracy. But as we all know, GW only knows how to carry a big stick and lacks the mental capacity to understand the strategic use of policy. He is too ridged and unbending in his thinking, whereas, Mr. Kerry has shown his ability to be diplomatic and flexible in his thinking.

If we really want to fight terrorism and win, we must look at the core reason the rest of the world hates us. We must look at our own policies and philosophies. We are perceived as war mongers, the world's police and imperialists. We must change this direction while maintaining a strong defense. Defense not offense.

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