So what 18+ US citizens aren't voting this year?

[EPP]

Well, there's no one that can tell you to vote or not to vote. You have the freedom to do the one or the other thing, but I see this election as a pretty important one, so I can also understand people that would like to bash you for this decision.

If I had the abbility to vote, it would definately be Obama. Why? It's simple. Foreign policy.

Now, I'm not an American. I don't really give a crap about the middle east or the other attention whores. What really makes Obama credible in my eyes, is his opinion on nations like Columbia, where most of my relatives live. The goverment over there, led by President Alvaro Uribe, gets a lot of support from the US (weapons and money) for fighting the FARC and the mafia. So far so standard, that's not the problem I have.

The problem I have are the crimes the goverment commits. They take people from the streets, put them into FARC uniforms, shoot 'em, take photos and present them to the public. Hundreds died for this propaganda.
Equally bad is the situation of the natives. The FARC took their land and the goverment refuses to give it back, after they defeated the rebels at those locations. Now they're sitting in the streets of the capital, whole families with hardly anything to wear or eat.
There's a whole lot more, like the far right wing para military shooting the opposition, etc., but I think I made my point clear. The Human Rights in this country are teh shit.I mean that in a bad way. Still, they receive plenty of U.S. american support. McCain looks like he wants to keep it that way. Obama doesn't. Uribe already talked with him about the free trade contract, but Obama refused. He made crystal clear that he won't support one that gives a shit about human rights.

Now this isn't such popular news in the west, most people are focused on iraq and russia. But such decisions make me believe that Obama truly is important, not just to the americans, but to the whole world. Sadly, a lot of americans don't realize that or disagree.

Maybe a little far fetched. I don't know. Gonna play some Mario Kart now.