> I think he's got more than that. Being one of the few to vote against > the Iraq war showed intelligence and forward-thinking that MANY people > lack.
That vote was in 2002, Obama wasn't in the Senate until 2005. > I'll take that any day over McCain's experience. We *really* > need to get away from this "presumptive" war approach to problems that > Bush used, it has killed our reputation as a nation, and shows a lack > of understanding about how costly and ineffective war usually is. We > all know how many soldiers have died, but Iraqi civilian casualties > have been far, far higher (collateral damage, what a sad description). > I have no desire to put someone in office that is going to have the > same approach, but someone that will work to find *any* other solution > first, which is how it should be. It's the underlying approach to > foreign policy that matters just as much, if not more, than experience. Obama wanted to quit the war instead of win it. The collateral damage would have been in vain. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264591 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
