Reply #40: For me, "too far left" [View All]

[tameszu]

is when you stop being a liberal and become merely a leftist.

(Unilaterally) withdrawing from the WTO = too far left.

That panders purely to unions and a system of bilateral trade is the last thing developing countries want--especially if the Republicans take over, slash foreign aid, and then roll over all of the smaller countries in the world with unrestrained economic power.

Promise to get the U.S. out of Iraq within 90 days = too far left.

Yes, the UN should be in Iraq instead of the U.S., but Kucinich setting a hard timeline is no less stupid than Bush saying that there will be elections in Iraq by June 30. It is unrealistic and has pure ideology and politics in mind, and not the best best welfare of anyone. If it turns out that logistically and diplomatically, the UN will NOT be willing to replace our troops in Iraq within 90 days, what then? Do we start yelling at the French and Russians for being traitors like Bush did? Or do we just pull the plug on Iraq's security and public order and let them descend in utter chaos like just Bush and Rumsfeld did when Saddam's regime collapsed?

Neither of those planks on the platform are well-thought out liberal ideas. They may be leftist, as they seem to have been created just for the sake of opposition--there is certainly value in this, but I don't think it's a good idea to vote for it with the idea of actually trying to implement it.