What They Should Be Talking About

And while Mitt Romney and for that matter the President dither around with Mitt's tax returns and The President's birthplace this is what is going on in the World in the last month.

Syria has collapsed into a full Civil War. For eighteen months mass slaughter has taken place, women and children routinely slaughtered while the West looks on. Yesterday a bombing took place that killed President Assad's Vice President, his Security Chief and others. Fighting now is in Damascus. Some think that Assad's grip might be reaching it's tenuous end. However the chemical weapons stockpile still exist. Would Assad, and more practically those in his loyal military use these weapons on his own people. Is their a country that would give Assad free passage? Assad has not been seen in two weeks, does anyone know where he is? What form will the eventual government take? Will it be Radical Islamist? Can this be the devil they do not know for Israel? Actually worse that Assad?

In Egypt the Military tribunal running the country has dissolved Parliament In the promised free election a member of the Muslim Brotherhood was victorious. Clearly the Generals did not want this but even they could not manipulate the returns without causing a crisis. So they have allowed him to be sworn in but let us be clear the Generals still hold the power. This is a time bomb waiting to go off. We should keep in mind that through the Suez Canal passes almost all of the oil shipped to the West.

Yesterday a bus filled with Israeli tourists were killed in Bulgaria by a bomber. Israel quickly blamed Iran. Iran blames Israel for sabotage to it's nuclear program and for the deaths or disappearance of at least six of their nuclear scientists. Bebe Netanyahu has no real vision for peace with the Palestinians and demographically each day Israel is in a worse position.

Greece, France, Spain, Italy and Ireland still teeter on economic collapse and the United States will be affected by this.

This is just the high level issues. At least three potential or current Civil Wars are brewing in Africa. Afghanistan is a cesspool we cannot get out of fast enough and Iraq is far from stable.

The problems of Europe are systematic and offer us a vision of our future if we cannot come to grips with our own financial crisis. Here is the kicker, they are actually in better shape than us as they do not have a military complex such as ours. Consider this, in Europe they talk about making cuts to social programs. In America we need to cut our military and this will add more people to the social net. In effect they are one step ahead of us.

And us, we cannot agree to raise one dollar in tax revenue for ten dollars in cuts. Something is wrong with this picture.

Perhaps there is still time to talk about all of these issues. In actuality Romney and Obama disagree over almost everything and a good debate about the future of our country could be had. It is unlikely however. Both candidates know that the attention span of the American people is much more likely to be gained by the use of the word foreign to describe The President and Mitt Romney saying he likes to fire people.

Demand more. Do not reward small behavior. This is our only chance to get a government we can be proud of.