Is Obama nuts or what?

I don't know of any experts in foreign policy.
There are only the experienced and inexperienced at foreign policy.Whatever Obama would or would not
have done is irrelevant not because our country is in a war and the one who is in the oval office for the next four years is going to have to deal with that reality. I realize the Iraq war is unpopular but I veiw Pres. Bush as a hero because he has kept our country safe from terrorism since 9/11 in more ways that we'll ever know. I would be proud to have John McCain, a decorated war hero and experienced senator making foreign policy decisions for our nation.

I think there's 4,000+ U.S. Soldiers who might disagree with you about that not to mention about 3 in 4 Americans who will be voting this year.

I don't feel us taking out Saddam makes us safer over here. I'd feel much safer if Bin Laden had been captured and Al Qaeda were wiped out in Afghanistan. In some ways Bin Laden has had more success than he could have expected after 911. People are so worried about him and Iraq and now Iran that our country is slowly falling apart from the inside out.

I guess history will have to tell us down the road but Bush a hero, not in my book. In my book he has been the worst President I've seen in my lifetime.

You're entitled to your opinion but based on what I'm hearing from Republicans and Democrats alike, they won't be voting for Obama. I don't know where you get your figures from but I know a lot of vets, in fact several live in the building where I live, and my boyfriend fought in Vietnam and all of them plan to vote for McCain and all of them think we should have done what we did in Iraq and stay there until we win. The problem is that you are only thinking about yourself instead of the long haul and that's foolish and the President of this country can't afford to think only about the here and now. Obama hasn't got a clue about running this country or negotiating with world powers nor does he have any military background to support his perspectives.

We didn't go to war because it was popular. We went to war because it was necessary to set free the people of Iraq and no one else was going to step in and right the wrong. If it were that popular, Bush wouldn't be facing all of the criticism he has.

The problem is that the criticizers would be the first ones to tuck tail and run when we get attacked in the future. The really sad thing is for all of you who do so much criticizing would have been the very ones who opposed our founding fathers who stood up and fought for the freedoms that you all take for granted now. It's pathetic how spoiled and selfish the American people have become!

That, and the fact that the old crony Democrats figured that if he actually got elected, he'd be so overwhelmed by the reality of the job and who's really in charge that they'd be able to lead him around by the nose.

I can guarantee you that Ted Kennedy and his buddies don't have the least bit of loyalty or admiration for Obama. They are only using this guy to get what they want.

Yes they do.

It has not escaped my notice that Congress, and especially the House would love to be able to dictate their demands to the president.

Obama is just the kind of patsy that they would love to have in office as they figure he would play ball just to get along.

The whole thing is nothing more than an attempt to grab power and put someone in office who will do as he is told.

Well, if it makes you feel any better, I've always voted Republican and I'm not really overjoyed with having McCain as the presidential nominee but given the choice between McCain and the other two, I'd choose him hands down. Not only because he's Republican but because I don't think that Obama or Hillary will be taken seriously by the International community as a President.

I know a lot of people have issues with George Bush because of the war in Iraq but he has gained a lot of respect on the international scene because he set out to do something and he has stuck with it. The problem with the American people is that they have it too easy and they don't see things the way the rest of the world does. I'm not saying I agree with every decision that Bush has made but I do know that he has had more thrown at him in the eight years he's been president than any other President in history and as much as everyone likes to put him down for it, I think they should put themselves in his shoes before making so many judgments.

I also think that the American people need a few lessons in how the economy actually works and also see things more from a broader and more long term view than they do before being so critical.

The reason I don't like Hillary is because I think the main reason she stayed with Bill is so she could later run for President. And, I think Obama is way out of the Presidential league.

Okay, I've said my peace. I'll shut up now.

I certainly wouldn't want someone as naive and idealistic as Obama in office. That is a scary thought! I want a realist in office who knows the score and has experience in war. I don't want a textbook lieutenant leading this nation into disaster. I want someone who has a clue about reality.

I know Obama is a 1st term senator who thinks there are 57 states. The committees that he is on mean nothing... he has no time to do committee work as he is too busy campaigning. His only reason for running as a 1st term senator is simply because he is black... he has no qualifications whatsoever, and has accomplished very little in his life for his age.

In the case of Lincoln and Washington, not much need for much FP experience as we were pretty isolationist then.

As to Clinton... bad example... Impeached, convicted of perjury, bombed more countries than any other peacetime president, used cruise missile imperialism as his foreign policy, and generally brought shame and disgrace to the presidency... and that is just a few examples. Clinton WAS a bad president.

No, I didn't know that he is on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee but that doesn't really change my perspective given the knowledge I have of how most of those committees work. That does not inspire confidence in me.

And, comparing the presidents that you did didn't help you either. For Lincoln, he didn't really need much foreign policy experience in the day he was President and George Washington had plenty of experience having come from Europe and having fought in the Revolutionary War and having experienced a lot of what he did prior to becoming President. I can't comment on Eisenhower but as far as JFK is concerned, he did have quite a bit of experience in a lot of areas that influenced how he was President including having fought in the war.

As far as Clinton is concerned, he's a pathetic excuse for anything as far as I'm concerned. He is a terrible example to the young people of this country as a President who lied under oath and taught our young people that he was above the law. I think they should have booted him right out of office! And, when his lies were exposed, Hillary called it a Republican conspiracy. Give me a break! There were no Republicans in the Oval Office while Clinton was getting sexual attention from Monica Lewinsky. He got himself into that mess!

But back to Obama, it's not just his lack of experience but the fact that he keeps talking about change in the White House and in Washington if he's elected. Balderdash! Do you really think Ted Kennedy and the other long term, hard core politicians want Washington to change and do you really believe that they are going to help Obama change a political climate they created? Get real! It's not going to happen!