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• Tuesday, July 22, 2008 08:24 PM

  Only Ralph Nader has it right

  Almost four years ago Ralph Nader described correctly this country's way out of its Middle East quagmire: the exit! The old Vietnam War slogan applies: "When a woman is being raped, she does not want negotiation or pacification; she wants withdrawal!"

  Withdrawal of our military forces from a theater they never should have invaded in the first place is the only answer. Our military presence does not defeat terrorism; we only encourage its recruitment.

  If we had listened then to Mr Nader, we would not be the weakened country that we are today, overburdened by debts and overstretched militarily. We should be in far better condition to protect ourselves from international threats and far more influential all over the world.

  Now, we are entering an election in which, again, the major parties offer us only the lesser of two poor choices. By failing to give real support to the only candidate who has not had to flip-flop on his positions on any issue, we present no challenge to Mr Obama. He can serve the corporate and military masters of our policies without looking over his shoulder. That is what he is doing by continuing the military policy in the Middle East, flipping on FISA, supporting nuclear power, ethanol from corn and insurance based health-care. With each presidential election, our country grows weaker, more crisis prone and our people find their way of life deteriorating.

  The choice between McCain and Obama does not offer any way out of our problems, internationally nor domestically. We are in for another four years of worsening conditions, I greatly fear.

  —Goedel Read Goedel's other letters
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