Yes, we can.

[scaeagles]

I can name many a great leader throughout history that I wouldn't want as President.

Can someone answer me this - and I mean it sincerely. How are we to end diviseness when people and politicians are passionate yet on directly opposing sides of important and controversial issues? Somethings are not open to compromise. Talking? Not often. This is why I think Obama is a bit naive in his foreign policy aims. There are leaders and nations that don't want to talk, they want the destruction of America or Israel or freedom in general. Abortion is not an issue of compromise for those that believe a fetus is living and those that believe it is a complete issue of the woman's body. Even Iraq is not open to compromise. There are serious issues that people of passion and conscience on both sides cannot compromise on.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

There are leaders and nations that don't want to talk, they want the destruction of America or Israel or freedom in general. Abortion is not an issue of compromise for those that believe a fetus is living and those that believe it is a complete issue of the woman's body. Even Iraq is not open to compromise. There are serious issues that people of passion and conscience on both sides cannot compromise on.

I think sometimes people get focused on solutions instead of the underlying problem. Sure there are people focused on the destruction of America - is the only solution their destruction? If the real goal is not wanting people to want to destroy us maybe there are other solutions?

Abortion - If the real goal is preventing abortion, maybe we could also focus on preventing the situations where people come to contemplate abortion?

I think there is always room for conversation and a bit of "root-cause analysis" to find solutions that may not be so black and white - but that's hard work and takes longer than a 15-second sound bite to explain.

The real fact is politicians need the divisiveness to define themselves. If they want to be elected they must paint their opponent as a demon since most of us vote with our gut and not with our head, preferring to rationalize our decisions after we have made them.