Hey onwardthroughthefog,

Haven't seen you post in a while.. Did you disappear or have I just not seen you? Hmm, anyway..

You're right, the are alot of differences between this war and Vietnam, but there are also a large number of similarities, i'm sure you'd agree and i'm sure you know what those similarities are.

I don't really trust any politician. In the past i've gone so far as to say that all politicians are crooked or corrupt, but of course this isn't the case; there are many politicians who truely do want to make a difference, but when put in a position of power they have to submit to the system we have established, and this is what inevitably leads to corruption and the like.

We've all heard the expression 'the lesser of two evils'. However cliche and over used that expression may be I feel that, in this case, it is extremely pertinent. Though each political party in the US (and in the UK, though we have more than two parties to choose from) is doubt as much a bad choice as the other, I think that there would still be benifits to choosing one over the other. I tend to ignore the policies of most parties because they have ideas, ideas, ideas, but putting those ideas into practice is, more often than not, impracticle and some might may impossible. But regarding issues such as drug legislation - an apt example, since it is something we all care about - choosing one party over the other could make a huge difference.

With the war on Iraq, even if a more liberal party were put into power, your troops would still not be immediately withdrawn - it's not like the new president could wave a magic wand and make Iraq okay again. It would still be a long, drawn out process (though i'm sure any liberal administration would hurry the process along much faster than the Bush administration is willing to). But when it comes to something like Cannabis I feel that, if a Republican were in the White House again after Bush, we would be taking another step backwards.

I might sound neive by saying that I would vote for a party simply based on their stance on issues such as drug reform but I feel that, in the system we are currently a slave to, no party can make much of a difference anywhere else, or at least nowhere that truely matters.

-GHoST-