What would you tell an American voter?
This post was contributed to Mideast Youth by Sadaf Siddique, Project Manager of Dear American Voter.
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America, and the world, for that matter, faces three general types of threats: the threats to the Environment, the threats to the Economy, and the threats from Extremism. I call these the 3-E’s, for short. Thomas Friedman, a well known writer and reporter in the U.S., just wrote a new book in which he refers to these threats as Hot, Flat, and Crowded.
Even to the cursory observer, it becomes clear that the 3-E’s are inter-related and inter-connected. They are a package deal, of sorts. You can’t solve one, without solving the other two.
How should the new president handle these threats? He should initiate a Green Revolution, and partner with the entire world in this effort. If successful, we will all see some very worthwhile results: green technology jobs which help to curb extremist thinking, oil profits being converted into green profits, new economic vitality being brought to stagnat economies all around the world, a new respect for the sanctity of the planet, a new inspiration to America, to the Arab world, and to the world as a whole, a movement toward peace through partnership, etc.
The new president will have to part ways with some of the legacy of the past, in favor of a new hope for tomorrow. He will have to sell us on a Vision of Hope. He will do this not just for political gain, but for the sake of bringing back to life the American dream, and the hope for mankind.
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