Reaching Out to Centrists

Today marks a landmark change in our American Political System. The 2 Party field for President is narrowing and I can feel the Nation reeling from the choices they have. On the Left, Barack and Hillary are dueling over position, without taking any major risks. They both are in the back pocket of very powerful moneyed interests. Yet, they act like they are polar opposites on key issues like Health Care and the Economy. Granted, they both agree on their interpretation of 7 Years under Bush, but they clearly have a different tone to their arguments. Unfortunately, that tone does not resonate with average Americans. We are the large majority of hard working people who have watched the Democratic Party promise solutions for years and never deliver. Now, we are listening to more of their rhetoric as it pours out onto the Airwaves, with little discussion by average Americans. Well that time is over. Cool Rock is actively building our centrist coalition and we will prevail.

Simply put, we are the unifying force waiting in the wings. Cool Rock is reaching out to other centrists, who are growing in numbers everyday. There was a time when the line between Republicans and Democrats was clear. But, now the 2 Parties are similar in that they support powerful lobbyists and Big Money backers. However, their ability to unite is altered by their long standing partisan bickering. Both Parties have a preconception of what each other is. The Republicans call the Democrats "tax and spenders". While the Democrats talk about the failure of trickle down economics and military spending. I actually look at both perspectives and see some merit in each. But, clearly the dividing lines are obscuring the focus of what America is all about.

We are a Nation that needs to focus on its own needs. The era of America being 911 to the World is over. We need to engender trust among the World's Nations. Our actions in Iraq have destabilized our relations with countless allies. You can thank the two Parties for that. They ratified this Iraq War and wrote a blank check for an endless or"Long War" as the Republicans call it. Our Nation's infrastructure is in dire need of attention. We need to repair our roads and Health Care system. Our borders need to be guarded with a greater presence of U.S. troops.
Ironically, Sen. McCain's perspective on the radical Islamic fundamentalists is correct, but his position involves upscaling our presence in Iraq. I don't know that many people that want the U.S. to invest more human lives to the failed tactics of the Bush administration.

This War is clearly a Republican War, with American lives at stake. The idea of imbedding the troops has been ratified by Bush's hand picked Generals, but certainly not by military strategists. There is no precedent for such a tactic of embedding troops. No War has ever been resolved when we were asked to defend people who blend with the enemy. Sure there are cases like Vietnam, but there was no Winner in that conflict. Resolution was hard earned, over 55,000 U.S. troops died, and many more civilians. The idea of embedding troops in Baghdad has no historical precedent. The Iraq War should be resolved with Automatic Systems behind defendable Safe-Zones. My proposals at Cool Rock , offer America a centrist solution to this incredible problem.

By building large Safe-Zones for our Troops, we can downsize our presence with automation and offer safe harbor to countless refugees fleeing the conflict. The promise of detente' in the region will become a possibility. The important thing we have to do is separate innocent civilians from the dangers of IED's and explosives! Our own troops should not be in such harm's way either. The biggest debacle of this War is the fact that our Shock and Awe Invasion did not guard the Weapons caches that the enemy now possesses. Nearly 200,000 tons of High Explosives were missing from Saddam's storage areas after we invaded. This has proven to be the most difficult problem in our effort to contain the violence in the region. My solution will prevent those explosives from reaching innocent people in Safe Zones.

Today there were 2 explosions in a popular marketplace in Baghdad, in which 73 People died, 167 seriously injured. Apparently the Enemy attached backpacks to 2 mentally retarded Women and detonated the bombs remotely. This horrible loss of life is preventable. For one, women in Iraq are not searched thoroughly due to the fact that only women can search women in Iraq. And there are not many women in Iraq's new army. This poses a huge risk to the public. The public needs to be in areas that are completely clear of any fuel or explosives. My proposed Safe-Zones would not let any person in without complete Spectroscopic analysis with high tech detection capabilities. Plus, with modern biometric analysis, we can determine with reasonable certainty that someone is trustworthy. If these techniques are deployed at entrances to Safezones, people could live in totally secure renewable living areas.

Check back as I will be adding much more in the days ahead. The election is just getting started as far as I am concerned. I would like to be American People's President. Please join us for free at Cool Rock. - David Jon Sponheim