Unacceptable reality

In bin Ladin's address today, he states that the reasons for his agression against the American Empire still are present in our foreign policy at present. Conservatives acrosss the nation, instead of analyzing WHY terrorism exits and therefore why bin Laden can wield so much influence over the Arab populace, insist on calling him a madman, and the need for him to die. Even the opposing nominee spewed the same hate forth to the media. I called in to bring light to these questions to a local radio station, and was summarily dismissed when i referred to Israeli actions against palestinians "terrorism"-sposored by the US. I did get through in arguing that bin Ladin likely wants bush to get reelected because he realizes that this will focus the attentions of Arabs on the hatred of Bush and his policies. American ignorance of how our policies have made others suffer on such a massive scale in the middle east and elsewhere is at the heart of this problem of our foriegn policy. I dont believe that Arabs are our enemies-but the people in power do and refuse to "know your enemy"-Sun Tzu The powerful refuse to even attempt to understand the causes of international terrorism, and are making up causes and bending them to continue america's quest for permanent world dominance.

Who is misunderstanding fundamentally?

What lies before our nation is a choice of limited means. Neither candidate will bring forth the true change in our system which is sorely needed. Kerry, the supposed liberal candidate, will not even speak of what caused terrorism and make the neccessary changes to policy if elected. I believe the sad truth of our Republic is that Mr. Bush will be reelected, and Empire will contiue, as it has since WWII. Our short period of hyperpower will be over soon, and our own actions have and will continue to quicken the pace of our demise. This process could have been avoided with a few changes in policy after the cold war was over, but we, in our prideful excess, dreaming that AMERICA was the sole reason for the Soviet downfall, chose unwisely. Instead of ushering the world into a new, more peaceful world order, we began the militarization of the middle east and proceded to sew the seeds of our fate. My only hope is that we fall slow and softly, for if america has a hard landing, the consequences for the world could be devastating. America stops buying? We can only pray the current financial balance beam we now stand upon does not have a 7.0 eartquake shake its foundation. I digress.
My belief is that only with wide ranging reform throughout the spectrum of our democracy can we stem the tide of what is to come. The inablity to adjust policies in the face of a new world order was a core component in the fall of many empires before ours. We sprint faster towards critical mass every day, but i believe and hope that we can change.