It's an
'Injustice' that Foreigners Can't Vote on Obama or McCain
"This is a great injustice
because the 44th president will decide things that could affect foreigners more
than his own compatriots. As far as the preference abroad, this time there can
be no doubt. … from the English to the Greeks, if Europeans voted, Barack Obama
would be the next president of the United States.
For ill - or for good - it's out
of our hands: both are Americans and nothing can be done about it. We start
from the fact that if you're not American, you don't have the right to vote and
to choose between the two in November. This is a great injustice because the
44th president of the United States will decide things that could affect
foreigners more than his own compatriots. You could have asked the Serbs at the
time of Bill Clinton or the Iraqis in regard to George Bush - and it's a
responsibility that will fall to his successor in January. Or ask the French,
Italian, Belgians, Dutch, English, etc., even the Germans, who were freed from
oppression and the threat of Hitler in 1945. And let us not forget that between
World War II and the New International Order, the Cold War that the Americans
won led Europeans to a resurgence.
The world may be changing
very quickly, but I dare say that for at least the next twenty years, those
outside the United States will continue to lament not having a voice in
choosing the tenant of the White House, who will remain the most powerful
person in the world.
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As far as the preference
abroad, this time there can be no doubt. Opinion polls in a dozen European
Union countries are similar and unambiguous: from the English to the Greeks, if
Europeans voted, Barack Obama would be the next president of the United States . The same from the
Pakistanis. A few weeks ago Fidel Castro wrote in the Communist Party newspaper
[Granma] that although far from the ideal, Obama would be preferable to any of
the others. We haven't yet heard from Ahmadinejad, but I wouldn't be surprised
if he praised him, too. And in an Internet survey in China, in which 20,000
people had responded by Wednesday, 55 percent thought that he would win, 32 percent
thought he wouldn’t and 13 percent found that to be a difficult question. From
time to time, America needs a leader that touches its soul. In the 20th
century, Roosevelt, Kennedy and Reagan did that. Now, after 9/11 and the chaos
of Bush, it needs another - and McCain won't work. The problem is that Obama
may give too much. In other words, his eloquence is magnificent but will his
feet be firmly planted on the ground (like Roosevelt, Kennedy and Reagan’s
were)?
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Meanwhile, in terms of
inspiration, there are important differences and similarities. McCain wants a
military victory in Iraq; Obama wants to negotiate. If he has a safe pair of
hands, that would be better for America and the world. In terms of trade
unions, Obama is protectionist; McCain is for free trade. More American
protectionism would be very bad for America and the world, so in this case,
McCain would be better. As for similarities, both are enthusiastic about the
idea of a large international organization made up only of democracies, which
would give new moral order to the planet. It's a project that would undermine
the United Nations, weaken NATO, and issue a suffocating dose of political
correctness across international negotiating tables. In that regard both are
terrible, but from abroad nothing can be done. Perhaps other Americans -
fortunately there are some that might- will convince the winner to change his
mind.
