Although I'm honestly unclear about what either McCain or Obama will bring to the table, all I keep hearing about and from Obama is change. Well, what f*cking change is he planning to bring? I am hearkened back to the inauguration of Bill Clinton ,and I remember Sam Donaldson stating that that an era of change was about to begin. What changed when Clinton was in the WH and what will change with Obama in there?
I guess what I'm getting at is this: what changes will Obama make to how our government works in order to facilitate a change for the better for our country?
Well if Obama does what he says he will in this video concerning disarming and cutting funding to military stuff then it won't be for the betterment of America. These points alone worry me about him getting into the White House than any other.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl32Y7wDVDs
In an ideal world there can be world peace. In an ideal world all nations will lay down their arms and come together to make things a better place. We don't live in an ideal world, and probably never will.
He mentions ending the Iraq war. If he ends it outright it'll probably do more long term damage to our country and Iraq than whats been done so far.
He talks about cutting funding to unproven missile defense systems. What systems? Like the Patriot system that was pretty good at best until it was discovered it could shoot down other missiles like in the first Gulf War? I'd hate to see what potential would be lost in other systems he would cut.
Next up is weaponizing space. Personally I don't think anyone should have control over space. It should be neutral ground. However as more developing countries find themselves getting into space, whose going to stop them from sending weapons into space? A slap on the wrist? A coddling plea to not do it? Not likely. Space is the perfect platform to launch nukes from. If it comes to it I'd rather a country with a bit more restraint gets up their first.
Why would we want to slow our development of future combat systems? So other countries can catch up and surpass us? What has made us one of the most powerful nations on earth? A large economy, freedom of the people, and the best military period, which includes heightened technology. We need to maintain that edge for our own safety.
I agree with him on unnecessary spending. We shouldn't be waisting money. However, based on his other thoughts on how we should limit our military I question his judgment on what should and should not be funded.
His goal for a world without nuclear weapons is the most naive ideal ever. It will not happen. He plans to not make any more nukes, and try to globally ban fissile material? And how will that make America a better place? How will that make the world a better place? Ideally it would, but then again we don't live in an ideal world. And most of all how would anyone police other countries to make sure they are not making more nukes and that they got rid of all their current nukes? Who would get to do that? Taking it to an extreme what sort of corruption is spawnable in an institute with that much power?
Need I remind everyone about the adamant hate of the western world by certain middle eastern nations and certain terrorist groups and the lengths at witch they will go to gain nuclear armament. This ties in with the canceling of missile defense systems. If such persons gain nuclear weapons we'll certainly need a means to defend ourselves from them. This would be a good reason to weaponize space. Its a good place to intercept ICBM style nukes.
His desire is noble, but it cannot be realized. Human beings are inherently evil. From a raving madman to the most noble philanthropist who goes home and beats his wife or subtly ignores his kids. There is evil in all forms. As long as there is evil there will be a need for weapons.
The modernized western world would probably comply and willingly disarm and get rid of nukes, but what I'm afraid of are the terrorist groups and dictators in the ravaged parts of the world who would not comply and possibly even get ahold of nukes and other weapons. They would use them and if we don't have similar and better weapons we couldn't defend ourselves.
Its not a matter of wanting to, we NEED to maintain a stockpile of weapons. And I'd rather it be America than most other countries to be honest.
P.S. tl;dr