After reading "Let's Have a Truce" by Andrew Sullivan, I see his point of view and what he's trying to get across to the American people. I know that my opinion on this paper is going to be different than that of the other students taking this class, but here is what I obtained.
             It seems that most people get side tracked at what is going on in the world while campaigning is going on. Republicans and Democrats alike get so caught up in picking the "right one" that we are oblivious to what is going on in the world. Terrorists are still a threat while the candidate you want or the candidate you don't want is running.
             Another point that Mr. Sullivan made is about how divided this Country has really become over the years. It seems that if the person that you didn't want in office is now the President, you criticize and complain about the job he's doing. What you should do, rather, is try to put your good attitude in front of your bad for the better of the Country. It's not going to make a difference how many times you call the President an idiot, it's not going to change anything. I myself am a Democrat, and I know that I've done my fair share of bashing on George W. Bush, but in the long run I just hope that the Country benefits from the time he's spent as our leader. I will even go as far as saying that I respect his determination of trying to win the "war on terrorism". But, I do not respect the fact that we have been in this war for so long and WHAT are we trying to accomplish here? As far as I'm concerned our goal in Iraq is the wrong one. We want oil. Iraq isn't even the leading country with oil, so why are we there? What we need is a Republican candidate and a Democrat candidate working side by side to accomplish more than what has been done in the past. Differences aside, I believe it would be beneficial.
             The main point that Sullivan made i...