The next President and Congress will be managing some of the most difficult international issues ever. Here are some of the topics with links to websites for more information. To leave comments on one of these issues, please scroll down and click on the link provided. You do not have to have an account, but we would like to have your name and the town you live in. Thank you!
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Thursday, July 5, 2007
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It seems to me that the next Presidential election is going to be pivotal as to whether the United States can again capture the high road in world politics. We need to be following our own principals: working together for a better world, establishing the rule of law around the world, and helping to solve the global issues of our time.
We cannot do it alone, but we are at a time when we can solve major problems together. We can gain security by working together with our neighbors. We can work on the global warming problem if all of us are together. We can even ekunubate poverty and hunger if we are willing to all agree to support programs that provide clean water worldwide and plan for universal education.
We must work together. And on of the ways we do that is through the United Nations. It is where the nations get together to figure out solutions.
I think a big problem exists in the US giving less that .2% of GDP in foreign assistance. Our country spends significantly more money on war efforts that it does on promoting peace. There are major global problems that could be addressed and significantly reduced or eliminated. We have already promised to give .75% of GDP. The Millennium Development Goals will never be reached if we do not increase our attention and efforts to these important matters.
I recently read the book, Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter. He has spent decades of energy and effort on promoting peace in this region, and stresses how we should make this a focus of ours in foreign policy today. I would really like to see peace in the Middle East, and for our country to promote this effort to bring this to fruition.
I would like to see a greater collaborative effort to beat the large global issues like poverty, disease, promoting democracy, and a more intense focus on responsibility- for both large corporations and individuals.
I would like to see some candidates come out in support of the international Criminal Court. If we really want to restore some goodwill and credibility in the global arena, we need to demonstrate that we, as a nation, are willing to work towards a common goal. Ratifying the ICC will not in any way compromise our sovereignty and will show that the US is committed in both words AND actions towards upholding human rights standards.
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