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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Bev, I really think you are worrying about the wrong thing, there.  I think 
that he will be just as likely , maybe more likely, to use military power, 
than McCain.  

And if he does, and if he actually follows the "powell Doctrine" 
(overwhelminmg force until they wet their pants in fright), he'll do fine, 
relative to what any other president would do.

I don't think we should help Israel fight a pre-emotive war against Iran, but 
I believe Obama would do so, just as McCain would.  I don'y think we should 
spill blood and treasure on anything that is not obviously in our national 
interest. 

 We will fight for people with whom with have economic interests that aren't 
necessarily in our national interest.  It's all screwed up, but Obama will 
handle it about the same as anyone else.  I 'do' think, in tthe event of our 
next military adventure, McCain would handle things better, but not that 
Obama would be incompetent.

This is just all my opinion; I am often wrong ....bobford


--- On Sun, 10/19/08, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] So, what do you think of the Powell endorsement?
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, October 19, 2008, 5:51 PM
> bob ford wrote:
> 
> > I don't think Obama will be a "bad"
> president in the sense of much of
> > the "garbage" thrown against him.  I do
> think he has socialistic
> > leanings; but I think those leanings come naturally
> for him, just as
> > they do for most of our politicians.
> 
> The thing that worries me is that I don't think Obama
> can make a 
> decision quickly and stick with it.  He waffles...I'm
> reposting this Al 
> Jazeera link because I think it makes my 'waffle'
> case.
> 
> http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/09/2008912174841477959.html
> 
> It is like he says one thing, then a few days later, he
> rethinks it or 
> his advisors rethink it, and then he has to backtrack.
> I keep coming back to that 3 AM phone call...when he has to
> make a hard 
> decision quickly. Will he get it right the first time?
> I really think, because he is so different, that a lot of
> folks might 
> want to test him, to see if he is carrying the big stick,
> or if he is 
> just talking smack.
> 
> Bev
> 
> 
> -- 
> “Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger.
> Anger leads to
> hate. Hate leads to suffering.”        Yoda

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