Leaders?
Political turmoil and world unrest have been the headlines of American news for the past couple of months now. A nation is only as strong as the laws, principles and leaders that govern them, so where does that leave America?
With the scandal surrounding former Rep. Foley, the republican parties creditability has been doing a dangerous skydive with upcoming elections which could determine the control of the senate. So, what is the Foley scandal? For those who do not keep up on current events or have been away from the news for the past two months, let me try to sum this scandal up. Rep. Foley was the co-chair of the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children’s Caucus and a pedophile. Mr. Foley was forced to resign his post on Capitol Hill because instant messages between him and a young boy that formerly was apart of the Congressional Page program. These instant messages were at best, a poor choice in judgment on the part of a grown man. Each message started innocent, but then he began to flirt just enough to be inappropriate. The life of this scandal continues because it appears that other Republicans knew of Mark’s indiscretions.
Republican Leader, Rep. Hartset, has come under fire after other represtentives have come forward and stated that he was made aware of Foley’s inappropriate communication with other pages back in 2000. What does this mean? The Republican Party tried to cover up Foley’s uncontrollable desire for young boys, left him on a committee that tries to defend our most vulnerable members of society and access to teenage boys spending time on Capitol Hill with the page program. Now, everyone is disgusted by the actions of Foley and every Republican is trying to get far away from any association with Mark Foley. But we are only as strong as our leader.
President Bush has shown that he is not his father’s puppet but an overgrown immature child. In the era of world leaders in sighting and ordering wars from an office and never touching the battlefield, Mr. George Bush has sent our sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces and cousins into a never-ending war. Under the idea of getting Bin Laden and bringing him to justice for the September 11 attacks, we agreed to go to the Middle East and take over. Unable to find Bin Laden and really not showing an all out effort to find him, we have entered into a war with Iraq and Saddam Hussein, the arch enemy of the Bush family. We have successfully captured Saddam, but like Bin Laden, the weapons of mass destructions we were supposed to be fighting to retrieve have never been discovered. For that matter, evidence that Iraq had ever had these weapons has never been discovered. Looking at this war, we went into Iraq to free a people that didn’t necessarily ask to be freed. We (American politicians) did not agree with the political structure of Iraq and decided the Iraqi people should be able to choose whatever democratic government they want. Now, the Iraqi people are in a civil war, some embrace a democratic government while others did not see the problem with the old system. Instead of allowing the Iraqi people to decide for themselves what they think is best, President Bush has ordered our troops to stay in Iraq until the form of government America deems acceptable is securely in place. When asked when the troops would be coming home, Bush just stated that we would stay the course until democracy is in place in Iraq. We? None of his close family members are engaged in warfare right now.
So what is a workable solution? We are not the world police, our country has issues, and we should work on America and allow other countries to work on themselves. The safety of the world is not the responsibility of the United States. Actually, the air of superiority by American lawmakers has made us a target of terrorist attacks and threats from other powerful nations. We need to stay home, let the world police itself. Stay out of the affairs of other nations. Stop trying to rule the world. Worry about home, as my Aunt used to say.
With the scandal surrounding former Rep. Foley, the republican parties creditability has been doing a dangerous skydive with upcoming elections which could determine the control of the senate. So, what is the Foley scandal? For those who do not keep up on current events or have been away from the news for the past two months, let me try to sum this scandal up. Rep. Foley was the co-chair of the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children’s Caucus and a pedophile. Mr. Foley was forced to resign his post on Capitol Hill because instant messages between him and a young boy that formerly was apart of the Congressional Page program. These instant messages were at best, a poor choice in judgment on the part of a grown man. Each message started innocent, but then he began to flirt just enough to be inappropriate. The life of this scandal continues because it appears that other Republicans knew of Mark’s indiscretions.
Republican Leader, Rep. Hartset, has come under fire after other represtentives have come forward and stated that he was made aware of Foley’s inappropriate communication with other pages back in 2000. What does this mean? The Republican Party tried to cover up Foley’s uncontrollable desire for young boys, left him on a committee that tries to defend our most vulnerable members of society and access to teenage boys spending time on Capitol Hill with the page program. Now, everyone is disgusted by the actions of Foley and every Republican is trying to get far away from any association with Mark Foley. But we are only as strong as our leader.
President Bush has shown that he is not his father’s puppet but an overgrown immature child. In the era of world leaders in sighting and ordering wars from an office and never touching the battlefield, Mr. George Bush has sent our sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces and cousins into a never-ending war. Under the idea of getting Bin Laden and bringing him to justice for the September 11 attacks, we agreed to go to the Middle East and take over. Unable to find Bin Laden and really not showing an all out effort to find him, we have entered into a war with Iraq and Saddam Hussein, the arch enemy of the Bush family. We have successfully captured Saddam, but like Bin Laden, the weapons of mass destructions we were supposed to be fighting to retrieve have never been discovered. For that matter, evidence that Iraq had ever had these weapons has never been discovered. Looking at this war, we went into Iraq to free a people that didn’t necessarily ask to be freed. We (American politicians) did not agree with the political structure of Iraq and decided the Iraqi people should be able to choose whatever democratic government they want. Now, the Iraqi people are in a civil war, some embrace a democratic government while others did not see the problem with the old system. Instead of allowing the Iraqi people to decide for themselves what they think is best, President Bush has ordered our troops to stay in Iraq until the form of government America deems acceptable is securely in place. When asked when the troops would be coming home, Bush just stated that we would stay the course until democracy is in place in Iraq. We? None of his close family members are engaged in warfare right now.
So what is a workable solution? We are not the world police, our country has issues, and we should work on America and allow other countries to work on themselves. The safety of the world is not the responsibility of the United States. Actually, the air of superiority by American lawmakers has made us a target of terrorist attacks and threats from other powerful nations. We need to stay home, let the world police itself. Stay out of the affairs of other nations. Stop trying to rule the world. Worry about home, as my Aunt used to say.
posted by Jay at
1:23 PM
1 Comments:
I agree somewhat. The world needs to police itself but it can't do it on its own. I Do believe America went overboard with its steps in these recent conflicts, not wars (congress never declared this a war). We need to get home together first IF we go out and tell others what they should be doing! Get yourself tegether is what I was always told.
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