The problem with an Obama nomination
by
thesage
03/12/2008, 9:02 PM
Barack Obama will make a excellent President, but not yet. He is only two, or so years out of the Illinois State legislature. He just does not have the experience to be in charge of the mighty nuclear arsenal of The United States. He proved that by his decision to vote against the war in Iraq. Yes, that sounds crazy, but realize that the information he and the rest of Congress had was that Sadam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Unless he knew that intelligence was false (if he did why didn't he yell it from the mountain top). If he did know how did he know and why didn't he expose the erroneous intelligence? Remember, Sadam Hussein used poison gas against the Kurds and he was actively looking to by the technology for nuclear weapons. The problem with the democratic voters is that they don't seem to remember that Sadam used Skuds to attack Israel and Saudi Arabia. Unlike the claim that he was correct, in actuality he was incorrect with the information he had. This is not a time for a pacifist to be our President.
There is a strategic reason the United States is in, and has to stay in, Iraq. It is the same strategic reason the United States had to stay in Europe, Okinawa, the Philippines, etc. after WWII. The threat of American military power keeps the larger peace. American military bases in Iraq in the center of the Middle East will deter a possible outbreak of WWIII. This may sound over the top, but the oil from the Middle East keeps the Global Economy running. If for some reason the oil is turned off there would be a world wide depression, making 1929 look like a recession. That is why we need a President who is willing to pull the trigger.
Another reason Obama as President would be a disaster is the same reason Jimmy Carter made a terrible President (which ironically is why Carter was elected) Carter was a Washington outsider and the country wanted change and we were sick of Watergate and Washington in general. Jimmy Carter was a, and is, a good man. But Carter was unwilling to pull the trigger. He could have ended the Iranian Hostage crisis much sooner, if he was willing to put Americans in harms way. Obama suffers from similar difficulties, his vote against the war shows that and he just does not have enough experience of working inside the beltway get things done. Remember, Jimmy Carter had a Democratic majority in Congress. What happened the country fell apart allowing Ronald Reagan to come to rescue, for eight years. No matter how we outside the beltway dislike how things work inside to be successful a President has to have experience of working inside the beltway. If not he will get eaten alive. One of the reasons the Bush administration has failed so miserably is they will not compromise enough, therefore we have had eight years of legislative stagnation and foreign affairs misery.
The reason race is hanging over the Obama candidacy is because he is pulling an inordinate percentage of black Democratic votes (especially since they are against a candidate who has spent the last 35 years supporting the black community) which has made him the delegate leader in the race for the Democratic nomination for President. The problem is he does not have the political credentials to be still in the race. If the candidate was Colin Powell race would not be an issue.
I guess what io am trying to say is we have to learn from history, or we will repeat it.
