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      <![CDATA[Hm. As usual, you put your finger right on an important issue here.  While I agree that the war in Iraq has (or at least had) little to do with the fight against terrorism, and that the more understandable war in Afghanistan is likely as unwin-able (just ask the Russians)...  I don't disagree with Obama's plan.  Like him, I may wish that our current leadership had exercised a more diplomatic and less violent approach to seeking justice for the 9/11 attacks, the fact is- we're in this war now.  As such, we've asked Afghan citizens to take arms against their oppressors, thereby putting their own safety on the line.  To just pack up and leave (as we did under Bush I), we put those people in danger by angry Taliban forces.  Not only is this morally wrong, it also serves as a perfect formula to create more anti-American animosity and more terrorists interested in delivering unforgettable blows to our country.
    Obama didn't drive the bus off the cliff, but he also doesn't want to abandon the passengers.  
    In this imperfect and messy situation, he's got my vote.
        
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      <![CDATA[When was the last time a president was elected because the public voted for the big picture over the small one? I didn't write to accuse or defend Obama but to think about how Afghanistan and Iraq might play out as a campaign issue.
        
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      <![CDATA[Bush made a whopping big mistake. He went back to the Roman-colonial-Soviet Union power paradigm, which nobody gets out of easily and undamaged. He sent colonial troops into Afghanistan and especially Iraq military  materiel and a hell of a lot of money. The enormous error  of McCain is that he does not comprehend this even a little bit and will find new ways to perpetuate (for 100 year?). This is not about policy or position, but commitment and comprehension. Bush and mcCain following him have and have and will lead us toward us the position the Soviet Union found itself in 20 years ago.  Yes, Obama   does want to commit more troops to  Afghanistan and that is stupid. But it is a more mistake, but it is 2 or 3 on the Richter Scale versus the 10 of Bush and McCain. I can't believe Michael Miner substitutes the small picture for the big one. I would rather have someone who makes a mistake out of lack of exerience, which we all do, than someone who errors because he sees the United States as the 21st Century version of the British or Soviet empires and colonialism as the answer to the world's problems.
        
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      <![CDATA[Hope and Change, my ass. This guy really is no different than any other politician on the scene. Whatever it takes to get elected--that's what he really Hopes for, and he'll Change what he says and does until he gets there.
        
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