WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR GEORGE W. BUSH
According to the common thought, many European people would like to see John Kerry as President of the United States of America; above all people who live in the so-called "Old Europe" - 60, 70 or 80 % of them - would vote for him. We do not think so, we know we are a strong minority in Italy - where we live in - and in Europe, but this is not a good reason to change our mind about next U.s. election, and now, at the end of this campaign, we would like to make you understand why we think you should vote for George W. Bush.
There is an idea that we suppose to be basic about our support to Bush, that is United States and Europe are members of the same kind of world, the Western World, and they can find causes of division between them, but they can not forget that they have the same values of freedom, security, democracy to support and to protect. We know that Islamic fundamentalism has attacked these values and our lives; and we think that Islamic fundamentalism has found his diabolical strength in Middle East, were freedom and individual rights are not respected, and where there are regimes which support terrorism and fundamentalism. So, we must destroy those regimes, avoid that Al Qaeda could be in possession of weapons of mass destruction and give the Middle East people freedom they deserve, and we think so above all because it is our interest - American and European interest.
We do not like people who say that terrorism is just a crime, and not a war that Al Qaeda, other organizations and their friends declared to us: unfortunately, Senator Kerry said that terrorism is like prostitution.
We do not think that mr. Chirac, or mr. Schroeder, or mr. Zapatero would support the elections in Iraq sending their troops, if John Kerry would win: we suppose that these European leaders have taken their final decision, and Sen. Kerry would risk to give them a power of veto they have not. Moreover, John Kerry considers allied countries like Britain, Italy, Poland, Australia, Japan etc. like they were not wise and useful friends of America that are fighting against terror.
Above all, we do not trust in John Kerry: in 1990, he voted against the first Gulf War, a choice made by the Un Security Council, and not an unilateral decision; in 2003, he voted for the Iraqi war without any Un resolution, but later he voted against 87 billion $ financing reconstruction of Iraq; during his electoral campaign, he said that Us need to send more troops and to spend more money, explaining that he voted for the Iraqi reconstruction fund, voting against it: an inexplicable thing, according to us.
In other words, we think that John Kerry would not be a good President for the United States. But we have not taken our decision to support George Bush - even if we are not American citizens, and so we have not right of vote - only because we do not like his opponent. Really, we like Bush. We suppose he has taken the right decision, when he declared war to Afghanistan, in 2001, and to Iraq, in 2003. Now, there are 50 million people who are free, there are two fascist regimes which have been destroyed. There is no more an important Al Qaeda base of operations like Taliban Afghanistan, and we know that Bin Laden, mullah Omar, al Zawahiri and other Al Qaeda leaders can not sleep in a quiet and calm way. In Afghanistan, for the first time in its history, there is a President chosen by democratic election. Saddam Hussein will have a trial because of his crimes. In Iraq there have been local elections (for example in Nassiriah, where there are Italian troops), and next year there will be general election. Freedom and democracy are on the march.
Yes, we know that Iraqi campaign has not been perfect, but everybody can make a mistake, and the important thing is to understand it, and to act in order to embetter our own work (only God does not make mistakes). And we think the G.W. Bush has understood, and he is acting in the right way.
We have talked about foreign policy, because we live in Italy, and foreign policy is what we care about United States elections, but we also support ideas like a little government and a large economic freedom, because they are necessary conditions to have a richer society, and only a rich society can - and must - help people who are not able to have a respectable way of life, with care and compassion.
So, please, these are the reasons why we ask you to vote for George W. Bush.
It is the right choice.
Sunday, October 31, 2004
