Cap'n Slappy
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McCain Say's Soldier's Lives Wasted In IraqI don't know what to make of this guy. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_on_el_pr/mccain2008_19
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Kestrel
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| Quote: | In February, Obama described the lives of troops in Iraq as having been "wasted," but then later said he regretted the comment.
"We ended up launching a war that should have never been authorized, and should have never been waged, and on which we've now spent $400 billion, and have seen over 3,000 lives of the bravest young Americans wasted," Obama, D-Ill., said at a rally in Ames, Iowa.
Later, in an interview with a newspaper reporter, Obama said: "I was actually upset with myself when I said that, because I never use that term."
"Their sacrifices are never wasted," he said. |
Well, that made my view of Obama become less positive. I mean if we should have never started the war, then why are the lives not wasted? I guess one could claim that a few positive things happened, yet they were not worth the loss of lives. So I'd say semi-wasted.
McCain has a point, that we never did send in enough troops and that we mishandled the situation by disbanding the army and other policies. But personally I think we are past the point of rescue with US troops. There is no easy way out on this one (reminds me of a Clawfinger song).
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