I don't think there isn't a one citizen of the United states that would say the state our our nation is harmonious, in synchronicity with the outlying world and within; Financially, environmentally, socially and politically we are sound, we want of nothing.
No, problems face Americans today, and just today but tomorrow. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, our children's children will be making the hard decisions on out bad one made today. I look at my son and want for him a world dissolved on political dissolutions and strife. But what would those 'right' choices be?
In the near future I have no doubt that President Obama will emerge triumphant in this upcoming lame duck election. The fight will me dirty, frivolous and vigorous. But one not-so-secret hopeful candidate seems to have his own strange ideas about what those 'right decisions for our country might be.
In an interview on Bill O'Reilly's The No Spin Zone Donald trump addressed issue of foreign policy with Iran, Iraq and China. He also addressed the heavily media-frenzied 'birther' fiasco. With a man like Trump, so obviously fingering President Obama due to his race, as president where could we go wrong?
Trump has certain ideas about the sovereignty of a nation that make his stance to be one made up of a for-profit only nation while being inconsiderate of morals and nationalism.
Already in hot water after being accused of racism against African Americans, especially due to the birther ordeal, Trump said there is a worldwide "Muslim problem." When O'Reilly asked Trump said "Absolutely. I mean, I don't notice Swedish people knocking down the world trade center."
To his credit he did go on to say that not all Muslim people are a problem. And then his brownies points were quickly revoked as he , true to nature, dove into his "I know a lot of [insert race here] people and they are [insert stereotype here]" saying that the Muslims he knew, while alluding to Muslims in masses, were smart and industrious peoples.
Could Trump's unconscious or apparently self-ambivalent racism be a driving factor on his foreign policy policies? He targets 2nd world countries finances and recourse, proposing a 25percent tariff on Chinese goods. Perhaps his most frightening claims is that of his ideas about what should happen in Iraq.
Trump posits that "15minutes after we leave [Iraq] Iran is going to go into Iraq" to control the oil. O'Reilly asked him, as president, what Trump would do if Iran did come to occupy Iraq. Trump responded saying, "We gotta stay[...] keep the oil[..] You stay and you keep the oil, if Iran is gunna take over the oil, we stay and we keep the oil."'
He goes on to map out his plan of occupying Iraq militarily in order to gain control of the oil. There is one good thing to say about Trump, at least he's more forward about it then Bush. His plans to take control of one the largest oil fields and dole out the oil by giving some back to Iraq and the rest to pay off countries that helped us with the war and our own deficit are imperialistic.
Trump claimed he's war history buff in the interview with O'Reilly but his ignorance of history is astounding. He spouted off imperialist rhetoric as if it were as easily done as the package on one dollar bills as pocket tissues. He says war history is for nations to go in and occupy whereas "we conquer, go in and leave, hand it [the rule] over to people we don't even know." Imperialism doesn't have a good track record. Look at Cuba, Korea, India, Laos, Poland and many others and you will see Imperialism begins bloody and ends bloodier.
As I stare into my son's eyes I see possibility, future and promise. I fear for him under the rule of such a man, I fear for my brother and all the brothers of our nation. I fear mass worldwide hostility, sovereign nations angered as they watch their nation being raped of their recourses and slip into depression under the burden heavy tariffs. I fear imperialistic, materialistic, meaningless war and the draft. I fear a repeat of Vietnam in Iraq. A war fought under the guise of righteousness when imperialism is the true goal.
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