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This is why Iraq is such a massive 'blunder.' It's Catch-22, a rock and a hard place, damned if you do and damned if you don't all rolled into one. No one is convincing, no one has figured it out, certainly not our president who seems more interested in campaigning, throwing out slogans and platitudes than being a leader to his people. We have not figured out as a nation what the right thing to do is in Iraq. The candidates who have formed an opinion, who have taken sides on whether we should go or stay are therefore, in my opinion, showing their true colors...they are taking sides without a real plan, i.e. they are taking sides for political reasons, they are maneuvering. This is not what we want in a president. It is not genuine. It is not intelligent. It is not measured. We already have a president who fits this bill and more. We need someone different. To defeat the Repulicans resoundingly, the Democratic Party needs to fully embrace the qualities that George Bush lacks the most...wisdom, caution, diplomacy, intelligence, measured actions, treading lightly, accountability, openness, honesty, reasonableness, judiciousness. All these qualities draw a very clear picture of the flaws we need to avoid, the mistakes we need to correct. If we are a good Party we will do this and maybe we'll live in an America that once again makes positive contributions to the world and a president with the depth, character, and wisdom to show us the way. Barack Obama is all of these things and probably more. He is certainly the least like Bush.
