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October 2008 
Hope in politics
Posted on Aug 12th, 2007
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Pamir
Pamir
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I'm not at all familiar with George McGovern, a former U.S. senator from South Dakota. In a Q&A in Shambhala Sun he's described as "a moral beacon in American public life" and that his "life work has had two main themes: building sane and sustainable international relations and healing divisions in American society."
I don't know the man or his politics but the following excerpts feel good to me.
...What will it take for the U.S. to put caring for people back on the political agenda?
Well, we might begin by not unnecessarily killing people. We have been slaughtering people in Iraq--it is now estimated that some 600,000 Iraqis have been killed in the five years we've been wrecking their country. I think as long as a country is at war, and has leaders who are governing by fear, people are not going to be attuned to those in need, either here or abroad. War is a big enemy of compassion and service to others (my bolding).
What is the biggest problem in America today?
The biggest problem is the fixation on national security, and the belief that the best way to advance national security is by spending hundreds of billions on military systems to kill people. There probably hasn't been a time since WWII that we weren't spending twice as much on the military as was necessary...We are now spending $500 billion on a war that we never should have entered to fight an enemy that was no threat to us...
What do you think is the point of a human life?
The point of human life is service. It's to make life better for ourselves and for everybody...
What can the next president do to impove America's reputation around the world?
Obey the Constitution (my bolding). That's the only pledge that you take when you enter high office...
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I'm not at all familiar with George McGovern, a former U.S. senator from South Dakota. In a Q&A in Shambhala Sun he's described as "a moral beacon in American public life" and that his "life work has had two main themes: building sane and sustainable international relations and healing divisions in American society."
I don't know the man or his politics but the following excerpts feel good to me.
...What will it take for the U.S. to put caring for people back on the political agenda?
Well, we might begin by not unnecessarily killing people. We have been slaughtering people in Iraq--it is now estimated that some 600,000 Iraqis have been killed in the five years we've been wrecking their country. I think as long as a country is at war, and has leaders who are governing by fear, people are not going to be attuned to those in need, either here or abroad. War is a big enemy of compassion and service to others (my bolding).
What is the biggest problem in America today?
The biggest problem is the fixation on national security, and the belief that the best way to advance national security is by spending hundreds of billions on military systems to kill people. There probably hasn't been a time since WWII that we weren't spending twice as much on the military as was necessary...We are now spending $500 billion on a war that we never should have entered to fight an enemy that was no threat to us...
What do you think is the point of a human life?
The point of human life is service. It's to make life better for ourselves and for everybody...
What can the next president do to impove America's reputation around the world?
Obey the Constitution (my bolding). That's the only pledge that you take when you enter high office...
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