An Interesting Paradox

It's weird to think that, even in this day and age, countries have territories. Almost half of Canada is considered part of a territory, rather than part of a province...but let's not go into that. Britain has territory in Bermuda and the Falkland Islands. France has Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Polynesia, New Caledonia, and others. And America...we have Guam, Samoa, parts of the Caribbean (including Puerto Rico), and the Northern Mariana Islands. But some things about America's territorial system don't make any sense. Here's a video about this:

Well, I can't find the video. But to sum it up: people living in America's overseas territories don't get to vote for president. And an American citizen in one of the overseas territories during the presidential election cannot vote for president, either. But here's the thing - an American citizen in Germany, Australia, China, or any foreign nation can vote for president during the elections. And I think that's just messed up. The only places in the world where Americans can't vote for their president are all American soil. I don't get it. What do we have against Guam and Puerto Rico that keeps us from making these places American states? What reason could there possibly be to keep these territories from becoming states? Plenty of Puerto Ricans support the statehood movement there, and I'm sure there aren't many in our Pacific territories who vehemently oppose statehood. Unless they've heard a bit too much about Obamacare...oh, the NSA is going to get me for that one.

This post would have worked much better if I'd been able to find the video...thanks a million, YouTube.