Bob Herbert, The New York Times, January 6, 2009
"I don't want to just end the [Iraq] war, but I want to end the mind-set that got us into war in the first place."
Presidential candidate Barack Obama, January 31, 2008
"If we are strong, our character will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) 35th U.S. President
"No nation ever profited from a long war.
Sun Tzu, author of "The Art of War
A solid majority of Americans (54 percent) now oppose President Obama's Afghanistan-Pakistan War. In fact, among Democrats, only twenty-six (26) percent support such a foreign war. In other words, by enlarging this conflict, President Obama is governing as if the opinion of a majority of Americans and of his own political base did not matter. In a democracy, a politician can do that for a while, but not for very long.
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