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Ideology. There will always be conflict as long as social and religious differences are in place. No panacea will end the envy, the distrust, the disagreements, or the violence.
Obama will handle the issues of the world with it's inhabitants in mind, first and foremost, as McCain would seek short term capital gain over lives, human being's lives, in general. Just as Bush has done.
I am for everyone having a chance at living. I look at Obama and feel that at the very least, people's lives will come first. I look at McCain and see a Bush that has been denied his due for, in his mind, far too long- a very dangerous combination for a soldier or an innocent abroad. So McBush is not the choice for Humanity. Obama is.
Just my thoughts.
roflmao
If you can't beat them you gotta join them!!!
Pakistan has nukes... guess what the next push from the Bush people will be - you guessed it - we have to invade Pakistan so that we can "secure' the nukes...
War with Pakistan - Afghan - Iraq - seems our destiny is set to become a has been nation because brother we ain't got the power to invade Pakistan to keep those nukes out of terrorist hands.
Life is so sweet.
Is there any wonder why Bush is so loved.
A military under Obama would not kill civilians as indiscriminately when making minor incursions into Pakistan as under Bush. Avoiding civilian casualties would be greatly elevated in our policy under Obama.
The problem here is that al Qaida has declared war on Americans, has repeatedly said they would kill Americans, and in fact killed thousands of Americans on Sept. 11. They are clearly a threat. Perhaps a reduced one at this point, but we have witnessed what can happen when they are allowed to regroup and develop their plans.
The war on terror is a ridiculously general and ambiguous concept that has clearly been abused. And we should be as specific as possible about who it is we are fighting. But whether you want to call it a war or some other type of pursuit against criminals, we are currently engaged in conflict with al Qaida. And I would expect either Obama or McCain to vigorously pursue them.
Obama never said he would not work with other nations in pursuit of al Qaida and the Taliban. Just the opposite, in fact. He was responding to a specific question about a specific hypothetical situation involving terrorists that meet specific criteria.
I believe U.S. attacks on the Pakistan frontier happened well before any Obama pronouncement, in fact I'm sure of it. It has always been U.S. policy.
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