Obama Has Not Changed His Mind
By Pitgull
@Pitgull (1522)
United States
July 22, 2008 10:49am CST
Even after going to Iraq, he feels the same way. Still wants them out, feels we are in the WRONG country, etc etc etc....
What are your views on this?
I personally am thrilled Obama took this trip. Unable to go myself, I appreciate his opinions because he viewed the situation in Iraq quite similar to the things I felt and saw....
I remember being in school, the day the towers fell, I remember the tvs being covered with all the bombing in Baghdad, I remember when they said we were in Iraq....and I remember the way my heart felt...I felt crushed....I knew this was going to be bad for us and being a child, all I could do was watch. I appreciate the honesty of Senator Obama. So many people are trying to say we succeeded in Iraq, everything is fine, we will win, yadda yadda yadda, No. Tell us the truth. Finish what you started and get out. We know things are bad, stop telling us everything is okay. I do not understand why people would rather hear this sugar-coated nonsense, above the truth.
I believe more truth with come from Senator Obama. Less sugar-coating and seems to ask for much more involvement from the American people, he WANTS our help, he wants us to CARE. That is what we were founded on, that is what gives us our Liberties...our Freedom... Senator Obama is trying to tell us, practice what we have, use it or we are going to lose it....
Senator McCain still says we succeeded in Iraq, what do you think?
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3 responses
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
22 Jul 08
Like you, I don't understand why we went over there in the first place. It was stupid. They weren't causing any problems for us. I firmly believe we should take care of our own country's needs before dealing with another's. Our needs first lied in dealing with Osama Binladin, the major threat against our country.
However, now that we are there, we do need to finish what we started, so that should be our current focus. If we pull out now, who knows... they may bring the war to our soil, and I'd much rather not have that.
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@Pitgull (1522)
• United States
22 Jul 08
But I do just want to say, what I mean by finish what you started, might be different than what some peoples true intentions were in going over there, I am not condoning nor supporting them, I am saying for the troops sake and what we do in these combat/occupation scenarios, do what is necessary to get out. Get it done and over with.
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
22 Jul 08
So long as "get done and get out" means it is entirely finished, and there are no hopes of the Iraqi's retaliating against us on our own lands, that's fine by me. I honestly could care less about what is going on in other countries (no offense to anyone). I'd just much rather see our own issues solved first. We have hunger, poverty, homelessness.... clean it up before you go worrying about some other countries politics and what not.
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@Wolfechu (1193)
• United States
22 Jul 08
Likewise thrilled, more or less. We went in for good reasons, but not for the reasons we gave. We've made a bloody mess of it ever since. Wasn't Vietnam claimed as a moral victory by some?
The only thing we need now is a viable exit strategy that doesn't leave Iraq in a chaotic shambles, and us looking like incompetent meddlers. Measuring that against speed of withdrawal is going to be tricky.
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@Annie2 (594)
• United States
24 Jul 08
Yes, Obama went to Iraq. I wonder just how much "truth" was he actually allowed to see? Maybe the military heads sugar-coated it for him. Was it like when he was on the campaign trail and he drops in on a town, goes to a town hall, visits a few sights selected by the town's mayor, and that's what he thinks the town is really like. Is that how it was handled during his visit to Iraq? I hope not.
Maybe we made progression in Iraq, but did we succeed? I don't know. I am not embedded there.
