2007-08-02 12:11:00 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
We have a republic. We elect representatives to perform that task for us. If you don't like it, you need to let them know and vote them out.
2007-08-02 12:14:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
No - we have a representative government but Congress is "just not" representing us. They take money from Lobbyists and vote for what Special interests want..
Israel has in America - the "American Israel Political Action Committee". They represent Israel that is why we are at War in Iraq - Israel gets billions of American taxpayer dollars in Aide and guaranteed loans. The United States Army has been duped into fighting the Iraq war in defense of Israel.
Our Congress refuses to take command (as ordered by our Constitution) that is why they transfered the power to create War to George W Bush.
George W Bush is an autocratic/dictatorial president and it seems like the Congress does not care where GWB is taking our nation.
The war must stop to a screeching halt - America has to change. America is at risk of a major economic collapse.
2007-08-02 12:40:13 · answer #2 · answered by Jonathan 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Not really.
If everyone was an expert on geopolitics and military tactics and strategy? Then maybe.
But then, vote for what specifically? Vote to attack, vote to pull out, vote on which targets to attack, vote who and when to attack? Vote on how to attack? Vote on how much to spend?
The "average American" seems to have no idea how to balance a check book or stop the light blinking on the VCR and you want to make them in charge of foreign policy? I mean, most can't draw and accurate map of the world (with just the continents, come on).
That's why we vote for people, who hopefully, know what they're doing or more than we know,( or can at least take the blame when things don't go as expected). We're supposed to vote as informed voters and if we don't like it, we can vote them out of office. Not perfect, but it works for us.
Pretty much we are FREE to vote for what we think should get done, through our representatives. We can write and speak, for or against, whatever we want. That's the beauty of a republic.
2007-08-02 12:32:32 · answer #3 · answered by tonyngc 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
For the public to make an informed decision on the war they would have to first be privy to ALOT of classified info about it. That obviously would screw up our ability to win the war and thus, that would never work.
Also, seeing as the priority of most anti-war liberals is to be as pessemistic as possible, upon seeing that the classified information indicates the war is neccessary, they would immediately pretend the information wasnt really there and continue to come up with baseless and unfounded slogans like, "War for Oil" and "Bush lied thousands died"
So the real question is, are people like that worth fighting for. Instinctively I would say no. But luckily there are enough of us who swallow that resentment and volunteer to go into harms way for the protection of those pessemistic assholes regardless of what they say and do to undermine us and our mission. Lucky for them they are living in the best country in the world.
2007-08-02 12:26:13 · answer #4 · answered by James924 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The public's vote should be required before the country goes to war. The politicians don't fight wars, the people do.
2007-08-02 12:13:56 · answer #5 · answered by sudonym x 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Absolutely not ! If brains were dynamite, the combined force of the democrats wouldn't have enough power to knock over an out house, and you think they should be making decisions for the rest of us ?
2007-08-02 14:03:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Declaration of war must be subject to a plebiscite in order that people will have the choice whether or not the country will go to war.
2007-08-02 12:14:44 · answer #7 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Mate, I think that as long as the US government feels that it has the right to intervene anywhere in the world that it wants to, then every citizen of every country in the world ought to be given a vote in US elections.
It's only fair, isn't it?
2007-08-02 13:09:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes. Good idea.
Of course, the Bush administration with its "bad intelligence" knows better than you or I or world experts or Iraqi's, or people who have studied the situation extensively because George talks to God you see. So not only are we fighting Al Qaida, we're fighting for God and not just ANY God but George's God. See? George and God both start with the letter "G" so isn't it obvious that "George" is a messenger of God, George's personal God, the God of rightious insanity.
2007-08-02 12:17:31 · answer #9 · answered by Larry A 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No i dont. The people elect people who make the choices. If you dont like the choices that are being made the people need to elect different leaders...
2007-08-02 12:22:05 · answer #10 · answered by tithonaka 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋