November 3, 2008
Op-Ed Contribution
I Won't Dare to Vote for Barack H. Obama, Jr.
By PABLO OMONTE
LIMA
It has nothing to do with race.
As stated more than once, if Condoleezza Rice -a descendant of slaves- were running for the Republican party, I would rally for her with heart and mind.
My opposition to the present Democratic candidate has to do exclusively with his inexperience, weak judgment, demagoguery, and an economic approach that is prone to complete the destruction of the premises that have made the USA the leading country of the Free World.
During the last 6 weeks I arranged a personal effort to cast every argument via my site www.omonte.org
Now, on the eve of Election Day 2008 I want to focus on just a couple of final topics, in part built upon information provided by two US Friends: Danielle and Robert.
Were it not for the anti-Iraq-war propaganda, Obama's chance would be minimal. But I'd never forget that defeating Saddam Hussein was the only strategic path to take out the battleground on terror from inside the USA to Mesopotamia. At the same time this also represented the boldest effort to bring Freedom and Democracy to the Arab world. The Founding Fathers -Freemasons the most of them- are surely more proud of America since!
I also don't forget that WMDs were used by Hussein against the Kurds and the suspicion that in the last years those forbidden weapons were all built on super-trailers which were driven out via the Iran/ Syria border before March 2003 has not been discarded yet.
As close friends of mine know, during my stay in Europe almost 20 years ago I saw in the eyes of US enemies who were helping Hussein's Iraq. Some of those experts were coaching soon and with same eagerness the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan.
One can not deny the subtle understanding between the two major US haters among Sunni Arabs: Saddam Hussein and Usama bin Laden.
When I was 20 years old in 1984 I was starting in Germany to confront powerful anti-Americans and to defend the ideals of the United States, an approach which put my life in serious danger along the next years. When Barack was 20 years old in 1981 he spent 3 weeks in Pakistan.
Pakistan was in turmoil in 1981 and ruled by martial law. Millions of Afghan refugees were living in Pakistan, while the Afghan Mujahideen operated from bases inside Pakistan in their war with the Soviets. One of the leaders that based his operation in Quetta, Pakistan was bin Laden (a.k.a. "the sheikh"). Pakistan was on the banned travel list for US Citizens at the time and all non-Muslim visitors were not welcome unless sponsored by their embassy for official business. There would have been only 3 reasons for a young Westerner of Muslim faith to travel to Pakistan in 1981: To participate in Jihad, which is the duty of every "true believer"; for religious education in a Wahabbi sect -Saudi funded- Madrassa; or in order to purchase drugs from the drug marketplace. In that year Pakistan was by no means a tourist stop nor the place to hang out with someone's family.
When I was 30 years old in 1994 I was trying to re-start a living in my home country Peru after having survived a long-time harassment in Germany because of my outspoken pro-Americanism. When Barack was 30 years old in 1991 he was starting to work on his never ending exertion for a political career, at first helping to register around 150,000 misinformed voters in Chicago.
Obama has spent the main part of his political career running for the next office since he originally entered office. Some people will say he was elected in 1996 to the Illinois Senate. Yes, he was. It was a half term position in which he had all the other opponents removed from the ballot on technicalities and he had to run for re-election again in 1998 which means that he spent most of his second year campaigning during his half term Senate position.
In 1998, he won a four years seat, but he decided to run for the US Congress in 2000, so he was campaigning again (while getting paid to do another job which he was not doing). He lost that election. Then he had to run again for his half term Illinois Senate seat in 2002 (back on the campaign trail in 2001 for the third time since his 1996 win). In mid year of 2002 after he had won his Senate seat again he decided to run for US Senate, so he hired David Axelrod and he was back on the campaign trail, formally announced in 2003.
Through 2003 and 2004 he ran for the US Senate, winning unopposed as somehow sealed personal divorce records mysteriously leaked to the press in June of 2004 about his Republican opponent causing him to drop out. He won his 2004 Senate seat, resigned then from his 2002 win in the Illinois Senate during which he campaigned the most of the time, and in 2005 started the PR tour for his second book with title inspired by Jeremiah Wright. Then in mid 2006 he decided to run for President. In March 2007 he formally announced it and keeps being on the campaign trail.
1996 through 2008 look like 12 years of Public Service, but of those twelve Obama has been campaigning a minimum of 10 years!
For well informed Latin Americans it is not difficult then to compare Senator Obama with the several opportunistic lawyers we often observe on our political arenas.
Besides the above compilation, it is a common place that Democrats originated in the 90s the nucleus of the recent financial debacle with their socialism-inspired "social engineering" and along the last two years blocked every highly needed reform.
If disregarding mine and every other well minded effort, Barack H. Obama Jr. were to win tomorrow, the USA will prevail as it prevailed over the presidency of e.g. James E. Carter Jr.
Nevertheless, I cordially advise not to run into the same brick wall a thousand times!
Op-Ed Contribution
I Won't Dare to Vote for Barack H. Obama, Jr.
By PABLO OMONTE
LIMA
It has nothing to do with race.
As stated more than once, if Condoleezza Rice -a descendant of slaves- were running for the Republican party, I would rally for her with heart and mind.
My opposition to the present Democratic candidate has to do exclusively with his inexperience, weak judgment, demagoguery, and an economic approach that is prone to complete the destruction of the premises that have made the USA the leading country of the Free World.
During the last 6 weeks I arranged a personal effort to cast every argument via my site www.omonte.org
Now, on the eve of Election Day 2008 I want to focus on just a couple of final topics, in part built upon information provided by two US Friends: Danielle and Robert.
Were it not for the anti-Iraq-war propaganda, Obama's chance would be minimal. But I'd never forget that defeating Saddam Hussein was the only strategic path to take out the battleground on terror from inside the USA to Mesopotamia. At the same time this also represented the boldest effort to bring Freedom and Democracy to the Arab world. The Founding Fathers -Freemasons the most of them- are surely more proud of America since!
I also don't forget that WMDs were used by Hussein against the Kurds and the suspicion that in the last years those forbidden weapons were all built on super-trailers which were driven out via the Iran/ Syria border before March 2003 has not been discarded yet.
As close friends of mine know, during my stay in Europe almost 20 years ago I saw in the eyes of US enemies who were helping Hussein's Iraq. Some of those experts were coaching soon and with same eagerness the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan.
One can not deny the subtle understanding between the two major US haters among Sunni Arabs: Saddam Hussein and Usama bin Laden.
When I was 20 years old in 1984 I was starting in Germany to confront powerful anti-Americans and to defend the ideals of the United States, an approach which put my life in serious danger along the next years. When Barack was 20 years old in 1981 he spent 3 weeks in Pakistan.
Pakistan was in turmoil in 1981 and ruled by martial law. Millions of Afghan refugees were living in Pakistan, while the Afghan Mujahideen operated from bases inside Pakistan in their war with the Soviets. One of the leaders that based his operation in Quetta, Pakistan was bin Laden (a.k.a. "the sheikh"). Pakistan was on the banned travel list for US Citizens at the time and all non-Muslim visitors were not welcome unless sponsored by their embassy for official business. There would have been only 3 reasons for a young Westerner of Muslim faith to travel to Pakistan in 1981: To participate in Jihad, which is the duty of every "true believer"; for religious education in a Wahabbi sect -Saudi funded- Madrassa; or in order to purchase drugs from the drug marketplace. In that year Pakistan was by no means a tourist stop nor the place to hang out with someone's family.
When I was 30 years old in 1994 I was trying to re-start a living in my home country Peru after having survived a long-time harassment in Germany because of my outspoken pro-Americanism. When Barack was 30 years old in 1991 he was starting to work on his never ending exertion for a political career, at first helping to register around 150,000 misinformed voters in Chicago.
Obama has spent the main part of his political career running for the next office since he originally entered office. Some people will say he was elected in 1996 to the Illinois Senate. Yes, he was. It was a half term position in which he had all the other opponents removed from the ballot on technicalities and he had to run for re-election again in 1998 which means that he spent most of his second year campaigning during his half term Senate position.
In 1998, he won a four years seat, but he decided to run for the US Congress in 2000, so he was campaigning again (while getting paid to do another job which he was not doing). He lost that election. Then he had to run again for his half term Illinois Senate seat in 2002 (back on the campaign trail in 2001 for the third time since his 1996 win). In mid year of 2002 after he had won his Senate seat again he decided to run for US Senate, so he hired David Axelrod and he was back on the campaign trail, formally announced in 2003.
Through 2003 and 2004 he ran for the US Senate, winning unopposed as somehow sealed personal divorce records mysteriously leaked to the press in June of 2004 about his Republican opponent causing him to drop out. He won his 2004 Senate seat, resigned then from his 2002 win in the Illinois Senate during which he campaigned the most of the time, and in 2005 started the PR tour for his second book with title inspired by Jeremiah Wright. Then in mid 2006 he decided to run for President. In March 2007 he formally announced it and keeps being on the campaign trail.
1996 through 2008 look like 12 years of Public Service, but of those twelve Obama has been campaigning a minimum of 10 years!
For well informed Latin Americans it is not difficult then to compare Senator Obama with the several opportunistic lawyers we often observe on our political arenas.
Besides the above compilation, it is a common place that Democrats originated in the 90s the nucleus of the recent financial debacle with their socialism-inspired "social engineering" and along the last two years blocked every highly needed reform.
If disregarding mine and every other well minded effort, Barack H. Obama Jr. were to win tomorrow, the USA will prevail as it prevailed over the presidency of e.g. James E. Carter Jr.
Nevertheless, I cordially advise not to run into the same brick wall a thousand times!
