conservative

a friend of mine asks me in whom would i vote if i were american: hillary clinton or barack obama. and she's shocked when i reply "in none of them; were i american and i'd vote in mccain". "what?", she asked, incredulous. "you'd vote in the republicans? do you want more war, more bloodshed?"

now, this brings us back to the war in iraq. and no one apparently can answer me these questions:

1) if there were no mass-destruction weapons in iraq, why was saddam hussein trickin the u.n. inspections led by hans blix? if he had nothing to hide, why was he making a fool out of the u.n.? the united nations need no help on that department; as institution, it's pretty good in making a fool out of itself.

2) while saddam was in power, there was no was in iraq. small wonder; the guy killed anyone who sneezed against him. really, does anyone miss a tyrant like that?

even if the democrats - obama or hillary, no matter - win the ellections, the war in iraq won't be over. and if they decide to withdraw america's armies from there, they will be more irresponsible that the ones who started the war.

besides, the real change that both obama and hillary bring is based in the obvious differences - he is black, she is a woman. in this regard, senator mccain is quite different: a veteran hero of war, one who understands better than any other candidate what's at stake in iraq, and in the international context. he's somewhat coherent, and appears to be a nice guy. and he's not getting any votes because of his genital organs or his skin colour - every vote that mccain gets is due to his personality and his ideas. so it wouldn't really be a hard choice for me.

besides, i'm a conservative guy, even though most of my friends tend to forget that detail.