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To: RetiredNow who wrote (386393)	5/26/2008 12:44:21 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1576099

And you think rolling the dice with McCain is a good idea then? It is my view that McCain is not a "roll of the dice" -- at least not of the same magnitude as Obama is. McCain is a fairly well known quantity -- we know he has reasonable ethics, we know he is a great American and will not act irrationally with respect to our national security. OTOH, even a cursory look at Obama suggests that he is anti-American and lacks the experience to competently handle foreign policy. From a foreign policy perspective it is absolutely clear that Obama will be a disaster. Not even a roll of the dice; it is obvious. In business, if an idea doesn't work, you don't keep doing it over and over again, and expect a different result. Well, McCain hasn't been president AFAIK, so, this point doesn't really make a lot of sense. Of course, you have probably bought the Obama campaign's rhetoric that McCain will be Bush III, but anyone who has even a vague familiarity with how elections work recognizes that this is just campaign talk and has not the slightest relationship to reality. The differences between McCain and Bush are substantial. Our Iraq policy is a dismal failure and we've taken our eye of the ball on Al Qaeda. It's time to get back to basics and go after Al Qaeda with all of our might, instead of getting distracted by the civil war in Iraq. This is a confused interpretation of the facts. While there have been serious tactical execution failures in the war, the Iraq War was the correct thing to have done and has further decimated AQ by virtue of destroying AQI. The strategy, the policy, was correct and continues to be. Obviously, the war situation is improving (much to the dismay of the liberals), and in the end, I think it is highly likely Bush, Cheney, and the entire lot of them will be proven right. Iraq will become a positive influence for Iran and others in the area. It is not a coincidence that Syria and Israel are suddenly talking, with an Israeli precondition being that Syria must severe relations with Iran. It is not a coincidence that Libya literally gave up its nuclear arsenal. The pressure on Iran is going to mount over the next couple of years (if we can keep this lunatic Obama out of the White House), as Iran becomes more isolated. I believe it is pretty much playing out as planned. Although there were tactical blunders along the way, the strategy of placing a moderate, democratic state right in the center of the ME is a good one and will likely have the desired effect over time. But it is critical we not foolishly put a rank amateur in office in November -- like Obama. Because the war has taken longer than anticipated, we are now faced with a situation where Bush could be replaced by a totally incompetent liberal when we're at a critical time in the process. If only Bush could have one more term, that would be better than the risk of Obama being elected by an ignorant American electorate.