Quote Originally Posted by OumaFan View Post
I'm mostly left wing although some of the far left infuriates me.

On social matters I'm as liberal, if that's the word, as possible. Don't have any issue with gay marriage, etc. I try to be pragmatic so to speak in foreign policy stuff, I'm not a pacifist but there are no need for we're kind of bored wars. You can object to Iraq on any number of levels, forget the moral issue (not saying you should necessarily) if you just look at it with a cold blooded view of does this help or hurt the national interest it doesn't pass the test. The world would have been better off without the creation of Israel just in terms of security IMO but I don't see anything good coming out of just demonizing one side and saying the others are the be all, end all. Its done, Israel's there, not going away, hammer something out, although I don't see any reason for optimism.

Economically I think I'm kind of middle of the road which probably makes me a lefty in America. I'm for universal health care, some sort of fair tax system although you can't mention redistribution here, but I'm not really a protectionist or anything.

I don't have any issue with immigration and don't care about white people becoming a minority here or losing our "national culture" whatever that is. I can't say I've given too much thought about whether I'm against a strong centralized gov't, I guess I would say that I'm not.

I've decided to be against the death penalty mainly just because of the dumb fuckism and irresponsibility of people involved in the process. Some people probably deserve killing but its too messed up a system. Disturbed by abortion, I guess I'm pro-choice though.
I have a lot of the same views really.

In terms of Israel I accept that it is now there, but the continual building of settlements and the blind eye the world shows to this is unnaceptable. Imagine if the U.S. wanted to build a new U.S. city and just plant it on Canadian soil and use the U.S. military to defend it. Nobody would think that okay, and yet Israel has been doing this for years now. This is where I an see pressure and perhaps force being neccessary from the International community.

In terms of protectionism I do wish the U.S. would wise up some more. Korea imports next to nothing from the states and yet is able to export huge amounts of cars and electronic products. Even the i-phone has been kept off the market until Korean companies could develop something more along those lines. Now the market has been saturated with Korean crap they are apparently letting the i-phone in. It will no doubt flop. I don't believe in protectionism, but the U.S. should definitely do something to control massive trade imbalances. At least start building things people want and when they do make sure other markets are as willing to take in as they are to export where they already make bundles of cash freely. The trade balance with China must be insane.