A New US President

We have a new president of the United States of America and Jon had a perspective that I asked if I could share with you all.

"It is dramatic to see the differences between the US election process and population involvement and response vice the Iraq election process and population response. I don't recall there being one politically motivated death in the US, and now that it's all over, we're gearing up for the party of this new century. Here there is much distrust, anger, doubt, and fear. There have been and continue to be acts of violence. The lack of respect for each other, the lack of tolerance, and the absence of the understanding of the impact on the international community's perspective of them (corrupt, prejudiced, indiscriminately violent, undiscerning and feudal). Much has been surmounted through education, the effects of globalization on quality of life, and the reality that the most trusted powerful and authoritative entity in their world is the Infidel military that continually assumes risk and inserts itself between danger and the populace. Though the political rhetoric at the national level is all about sovereignty, the people here (I can only speak about my immediate area) do not want us to leave, and they express their thanks to us every day we stay. Is it too much to hope that in ten years, twenty years, within our lifetime, a peaceful election such as ours could happen here? Probably, look at all of the political violence, assassinations, and attempted assassinations, that occur even in the US (even in the last fifty years), and I'd have to say it is too much to hope that humans will stop being human--in the US or here. But we have created the basis for something similar to what happens in our country during elections to take place here, eventually. Jarhedjon"