| | The problem we as a people are faced with today is not simply a question of what to do in Iraq. It is a question of our ability to seek and build compromise. To go beyond our petty beliefs and learn to not only understand but also to take to heart the arguments and beliefs that we ourselves are against. Does the Bush Administration have some right ideas on Iraq? I believe so. Do they have some wrong ideas on Iraq? Most certainly. What about the Democrats? Well, in all honesty they don't really have any right ideas on Iraq...because they haven't taken much time to go beyond criticism to make their words constructive. So in some sense, they have the entirely wrong idea on Iraq. The Iraq Study Group had the right idea. They built a strong cohesive plan drawn from the thoughts and ideas of many, and still, admitted that there were no doubt flaws in it.
We as a nation need to learn to become more eager to listen to not only plurality of voices within us, but also the voices which surround us in this world. As I said in my last post, every citizen of the Earth has a voice. And we, as members of the most powerful country on the planet have a moral obligation to listen to those voices. This world has capitalized upon its differences to brilliant effect, now we must also capitalize on our similarities. The 21st Century is the end of single party politics. Single party movements. The 21st Century will be the century of compromise and unity. We just need to make the change.
In some sense, we must overcome our own sectarian conflicts, to solve those which plague Iraq.
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