The Issue
Today's unbalanced political world brings new crises and dangers. Consider the horror that one detonated nuclear "suitcase bomb" explosion could kill over 50,000 people. The world needs balance and equilibrium, not chest-thumping threats of war in response to every new fear or provocation.
Right now, the famous Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists sits at five minutes to midnight. "Midnight" symbolizes a catastrophic destruction in which humankind obliterates itself. The view of these scientists is: "The world stands at the brink of a second nuclear age. The United States and Russia remain ready to stage a nuclear attack within minutes, North Korea conducts a nuclear test, and many in the international community worry that Iran plans to acquire the Bomb. Climate change also presents a dire challenge to humanity. Damage to ecosystems is already taking place; flooding, destructive storms, increased drought, and polar ice melt are causing loss of life and property."
Shouldn't we work—now—for positive change?
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U.S. Presidential Candidates:
"International Balance"
WEAK
- Alan Keyes
- Ron Paul
- Mitt Romney
- Fred Thompson
STRONG
- None
SOURCES: Candidates Scorecard and Who Stands for What?
Make a Difference NOW
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Background Sources
BOOKS
- Robert Baer, See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism (Three Rivers Press, 2002).
- Robert Baer, Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude (Three Rivers Press, 2003).
- Zbigniew Brzezinski, Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower (Basic Books, 2007).
- Zbigniew Brzezinski, The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership (Basic Books, 2004).
- Noam Chomsky, Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance (Owl Books, 2003).
- Arundhati Roy, An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire (South End Press, 2004).
- George Soros, The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror (Public Affairs, 2006).
- George Soros, The Bubble of American Supremacy: Correcting the Misuse of American Power (Public Affairs, 2004).
- Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of Bush: The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America's Future (Scribners, 2007).
- Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties (Scribners, 2004).
- Fareed Zakaria, The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (W.W. Norton, 2003).
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