Pardon the political moment, but I couldn't just stand back and watch Barrack Obama get verbally beaten for making a rookie mistake: he actually told us what he would do in a hypothetical situation. Specifically, he said he would kill terrorists in Pakistan without the authorization of the local government. Uproar! How dare he!
As if any American president would ever act differently.
There is one difference though: a real president believes that America's better off walking around like a drunken sailor, jumping out of dark corners and giggling as it stabs strangers in the eye. Now, admittedly, less flags are going to be burned if we stick to cloaks and daggers, but, and I may be wrong here, we aren't exactly trusted internationally anyway. So I'll think from their perspective: if I'm going to be despleened, I'd at least like a warning, and possibly even a reason, as to why. There's enough to fear without the shadows.
Oh, and other candidates (Clinton, Dodd) think mandatory public service is the best way to get citizens to appreciate their government.
It's, um, not.
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I like how talk radio hosts, like Hannity, have twisted Barack's statement (paraphrase: "would attack terrorists in Pakistan if there was actionable intelligence"), into "Barack wants to invade Pakistan!" Not decisive, limited force, mind you; full-on, shock and awe invasion.
Apparently these hosts prefer the policy of the current administration: ignoring the terrorists we know about and creating new ones elsewhere.
Poor Obama, although you have to admit that we have been wearily waiting in the wings for him to screw up since his campain started (that smile was a little too J. Crew catalogue model for me at least). I think the Democrats may have the election in the bag if they can collectively get John Edwards to declare himself the second coming of the Messiah in time for the Iowa caucus. He could always use the "ageless" argument to back up that claim.
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