Wishful Thinking

My friend is a pacifist. He hates the killing in Iraq, hates the killing of death row prisoners in jails, and hates killing babies by abortion. He’s a pacifist so life is precious to him. The Commander in Chief is, basically, a killer. So he wants change. Simple really, Obama appeals to that issue.

So the election for my friend is really a one issue election, and Barack Obama offers, possibly, a new paradigm, a change. The economy, the border, health care, are other lesser important issues. Barack offers hope, effective slogans, and little else but wishful thinking for my friend. Barack says he can stop the killing and that he will talk the enemy through their differences with us. He has a dream, and millions are buying into it.

I see Barack and Hillary’s offer of that false hope as deceitful, and a dangerous near-sided selling off of America’s future to get elected. Osama ben Ladin is a dedicated killer, and the Taliban and radical Muslims are dedicated killer-fanatics. My friends thinking ignores reality as do Barack and Hillary's. Their plan will cost more American lives in the future than opposing the forces of world disruption today, only my friend can't see it. He just wants killing to stop. Don't we all.

The old George Bush quote of, “I would rather fight them over there, now, that have to fight them here tomorrow,” reflects good, solid Commander in Chief thinking to my mind.

This war in Iraq issue will be argued right up to Election Day. Hillary or Barack will promise to withdraw all troops immediately and give us hope. McCain will call for patience as Bush does and give us reality and security.

The American public has paid a high price in treasure and lives for this war but the people have not really experienced any pain since 9/11. The kind of pain that normally comes when a nation is at war is deprivation, sacrifice, and death. These are things that have not been with us on a daily basis so most of us don't really relate. Of course, the relatives of the 4000 soldiers slain and the 20,000 injured soldiers who have come home feel the pain more closely than any of us and the overwhelming majority of those soldiers and family feel that America and George Bush is doing the right thing.

If the Taliban, or the radical Muslim fanatics, or Osama ben Laden had been more effective in bringing the war to our door in the last six years then maybe we would be more, sad to say, enthused and supportive of the war, but Bush's war-winning policy's have kept us safe here at home and Americans have become complacent and bored. If we pull out of Iraq the problem will all somehow go away is the hope, but wish full thinking at the poles will not make terrorism go away, but it might elect Hillary or Barack.

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