[extropy-chat] If the nonUS citizens voted in Nov 2 elections...

[Adrian Tymes]

--- Amara Graps <amara at amara.com> wrote:
> http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/article.print?id=4559
> 
> "US policy now affects every citizen on the planet.
> So we should all
> have a say in who gets to the White House"
> 
> by Jonathan Freedland
> The Guardian, 22 September 2004

The Iraqis have their own elections scheduled.
European and other citizens can petition their
governments to remove their forces from Iraq if they
believe they are being treated unfairly (by the
Americans or by anybody else), and indeed many
countries have.

Now, if these other countries were to petition to
become part of the USA, and subject themselves to the
laws (and financing via taxation) of the USA instead
of maintaining their independence, then their citizens
should be able to vote in the same elections.  But
notice that no country would take such a notion
seriously today.  Just because one is affected by
another's actions does not mean one should have veto
power over it, especially if one has means of looking
after oneself regardless of the outcome.