Political Week 13/11/09

So this week saw Armistice Day and with it a huge outpouring of emotion at the apparently futile sacrifice of our service men and women. We defeated two fascist empires last century who threatened to invade our shores but nowadays our wars are fought on the old ideals of our own empire. Following 9/11 it seemed to me at least that it was necessary to invade Afghanistan as the evidence of Al Queda training camps seemed fulproof and they had to be stopped. The war is over now. We are now an occupying force and no occupation in history as been truly successful. They say that we are attempting to introduce democracy to these people but what right do we have to do that, these are mostly nomadic tribal people who are not backwards for not understanding democracy. We don't force animals to vote in elections to see who will be top dog. A senior security advisor in the US government has said that Al Queda no longer poses any threat to the west from Afghanistan. It's Pakistan we need to be worried about. It's not beyond the realms of possibility for Pakistan to fall under terrorist rule and then there would be a genuine nuclear state with clear motivation for attacking the west. Our forces shouldn't be in Afghanistan, they should be in Pakistan.

Introduction

I am an eighteen year old A level student from Ipswich and I am inviting everyone who is brimming with a liberal sensibility but is frustrated with the left wing neo socialists who fester in the teeming pool of ignorance present in our society to join this blog.

I am a supporter of the Liberal Democrats and cite Charles Kennedy, Lloyd George and Winston Churchill as my political heroes. Like many I am outraged by the lies and deceit of many politicians but I feel that that it is cultural suicide to accept disillusionment especially at a time of year when we are celebrating the staggering bravery and sacrifices of those who have given their precious lives to enable us to exist in a liberal democracy.

In this blog I hope to provoke lively political debate amongst people of my age and hopefully older. However as well as politics there are many other fassets I am interested in and would also like to see discussion on -

these include:

• the role of Science in our lives and in the future
• science fiction literature
• every branch of films from independant arthouse to chomping blockbusters
• the Harry Potter world
• cricket and football
• plus anything else you can suggest that interests you

So please if any of this sparks a desire for discussion follow and participate in this blog whether it be on one subject or all of them. We all have a voice, we just need someone to listen.