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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran
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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (1153)7/11/2003 9:45:43 AM
From: rrufff  Read Replies (1) of 22250
 
Although I disagree with much that the posters on this thread write, I do agree that the nature of most politicians is suspect. I believe that the type of person who makes it "to the top" is the type of person that believes that his mission and goals subsumes all other things. This perhaps explains behavior.

As for your question, there should be neither. I'd rather have a leader who screws around than screws his people but that begs the question.

All things considered, our leaders and system are better than just about anywhere else in the world. That doesn't change my belief that perhaps we can do better. Here, we are arguing about approaches and weaknesses that other peoples would be glad to have as a focus point.

Getting to reality - neither Bush nor Clinton have killed millions of their own people as have the tyrants like Saddam. As for sexual issues, Europe and most of the world tolerates and, in France actually admires <ggg>, leaders who "fool around."

I guess it's nice that we can argue here without the door being broken down by the secret police. It's also good that we can argue about the question you posit.

I do agree that it would be nice to have moral leaders, who tell the truth, who treat those around them with kindness and honesty and who lead the world with a true vision of humanity. The only problem is that the media would jump on that guy as a "wimp" and he wouldnt' get elected.
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