Will Democrats Snatch Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory, Again?
I’m just an outside observer, watching the U.S. political season from a small city in Canada. So for what it’s worth, here are my observations on the primaries so far.
I posted about my concerns regarding Hillary months ago.
Doc Searls is right when he says Hillary will lose to John McCain in the general election. Many people say they will vote for Obama if he’s the nominee, but if it’s Clinton, they’ll go with McCain.
Some say Obama is not experienced enough. Well the Bush administration had some very “experienced” people. Rumsfeld, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Franks. All that experience and nobody thought about what happens after we get rid of Saddam?
I happen to like John McCain as a person. He was bitching about the mis-handeling of the Iraq war long before it was fashionable. But a John McCain presidency is not what the world needs right now. McCain would have been a much better manager of the war. He would have had enough troops, and he would have kept a lid on things. But that time has passed. Force is not what is needed any more. The troops have done all they can. Their presence just fans the flames. As Obama points out, there was no Al-Qaeda in Iraq before we invaded.
See Rolling Stone’s The Myth Of The Surge. And this from Matt Taibbi regarding McCain’s lust for war.
That’s the problem with John McCain, he believes in his hear of hearts that it’s man’s nature to be at war. It’s just the natural state of things, in his mind. Given the terrible things that have happened to him, I can see why he would think that. But what we need now is a candidate who believes it’s man’s natural state to be at peace, and that war is the aberration, not the other way around. This core belief is very important.
If a man like McCain was in charge during the Cuban missile crisis, the outcome might have been very different. A nuclear exchange will be more likely under a McCain administration then an Obama Administration (or Clinton for that matter). See McCain’s Bomb Iran interlude. Yes, it was a joke. Ha ha. But excuse me. Bombing people is not a laughing matter. The days of America attacking other countries without a reciprocal response are over. That’s the danger. America will not be safer with McCain in charge. That’s just my gut feeling. That’s how serious this election is.
Do we really want to wake up one morning, in 2008 or 2009, with McCain in power launching a nuclear war with Iran? Wondering if things would have turned out differently if we’d only elected Barack Obama?
The future of civilization is at stake. It’s my belief that Obama’s world view is what we need right now, not John McCain’s. Obama is more likely to win against McCain. So, Democrats, do the sensible thing and nominate Senator Barack Obama.
We can correct past mistakes, but our margin of error is now very small. Lets not make another one.
