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Another Debate; The European
Perspective
by Robert Thompson
Well, the Candidates for your
Presidency have met again, in the full glare of the television
spotlights, to answer questions from members of what we are told
was a "hand-picked" audience.
There was a certain lack of reality
in the whole scene, but this time things seemed a little less
stilted. What we, here in Europe, cannot understand
(and probably never will) is how so many members of the public
in much of the USA can still believe that there was any
connection between Saddam Hussein, however unpleasant a ruler he
may have been, and those who committed the hideous crimes in the
USA on 11th September 2001.
We also find it difficult to accept
that citizens of your country have not realised how much support
the actions of the Bush administration have given to such
organisations as al-Qa'eda and have thus made the world a much
less safe place. He has been described by many as
the best "Recruiting Sergeant for al-Qa'eda".
This means that the result of his actions is that the whole
world is a much more dangerous place for all, but in particular
for the citizens of the USA and for their interests.
Mr Kerry seemed most clearly to be telling you this, but Mr Bush most
oddly claimed that his actions had made the world much
safer for everyone. This is because to us it
seems exceptionally clear that the Bush administration continues
to do everything possible to increase bitter dislike and hatred
against you and your country by millions around the world.
The USA may be the only super-power, but even a super-power
cannot permanently control the whole world. Even in
the Americas, the population of the USA is a minority.
I certainly appreciated the clarity
of Mr Kerry's replies to the questions put to him, but found it
puzzling that anyone could actually be in favour of the
"folksiness" of Mr Bush's simplistic answers.
This brings back my objections to the latter's very obvious
preference for simple easily understood falsehoods rather than
extremely complex and difficult truths. If Mr
Bush has succeeded in persuading the public to vote for him by
such a performance, then I have to say that this reveals an
abysmal level of the general, and particularly political,
education in the USA.
I hope that I have not become too
cynical, but watching Mr Bush's body-language makes me
progressively more convinced of his unwillingness to
face facts, particularly complex ones. In other
words, he appears to me to be a complete hypocrite, particularly
when he claims divine inspiration for his worst actions.
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