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November 04, 2004
Are we living in Britain or Guam?
Reading about the collective depression that has blanketed the British Isles with the defeat of John Kerry, makes me wonder whether we are much better off than Guam, the US territory which is not allowed to vote in an American election.
Do we really have to put ourselves in this position? We didn’t vote for Bush, so why should we accept his leadership? Why should we defer to a political group that has an ideology closer to UKip and the BNP than the Tories?
Britain doesn’t have much power for good in the world, but we shouldn’t contribute to the pain and suffering of others. We must have an ethical foreign policy. The idea that we can somehow share in, and influence, American power is a delusion. British action in Iraq has resulted in lives being lost, not lives being saved.
The people of Guam have to accept Bush whether they like it or not, but why should we? Britain should be independent, just as Scotland should be independent.
There will be a general election here next year. We should be determined to succeed where the American Democrats failed - by voting out all the war-supporting politicians!
www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1342798,00.html
www.snp.org/index_hires.php?pageName=news/newsdetail.php?newsID=2571
Posted by Simon Holledge at November 4, 2004 12:04 PM
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