Dead13

I agree, that was a great post by CamChicks.

In my opinion it no longer matters what his stance is on the war because we are already at war. It is to late to be for or against it.

Not only that, but lets give Kerry the benefit of the doubt for a second and think about something I have not seen anyone mention. It has to do with leadership so actually give this idea some thought.

Kerry may very well become the commander and chief of the U.S. military, these are the people he is going to have to depend on to help him clean up the mess created by Bush.

More fighting and more time may very well be needed, Kerry will not under even the best of cirumstances be able to immediatly pull out of Iraq the second he becomes President. Now, how can you expect troops to stay and continue to do their jobs effectively and safely if you have run a campaign about how opposed to their efforts you are? Even though you are against the President's decisions (as he has stated many many times that he is) you have to be very careful to not dishearten our soldiers or create disgrunteled soldiers that we will still depend on.

This is not the way to create a more hopeful enviroment and boost the moral of the soldiers. And Kerry, being a VET himself realizes this and is smart enough to be very careful when dealing with this very sensitive issue.


As for as what he will do differently (what he would have done makes no difference because it has already been done). He has stated he will go to the U.N. and appeal for their involvment and coorperation. I do not think this means giving in to whatever they want, I think it means being tough and standing our ground but still be able to reconnect with our former allies. He has said he will rebuild our friendships in the world that have been destroyed by Bush, and I think that can be done, but obviously not by Bush.

I think this will also be the first REAL step in winning the war on terror, the more friends we have in the world the better off we will be in the war against terrorist.

If he stays strong he will not only win the respect of the world but he will win back our friends and we will be a stronger country because of it.

We must improve the moral of our troops, we must work with the rest fo the world to develop a plan on how to stabalize Iraq and make it safe for the citizens of Iraq and we must help them rebuild their country. America has lost of credibility in the region, this job cannot be done by us, ourselves. We may very well have to face the fact that it will take our dollars but the work of other nations to pull it off.

Because of the current mess we have there I do not think that is to much to ask. We owe those people a great deal after what we have done to them and we must make things right no matter what it takes, even if that means stepping back and letting other countries take over.

But there is no amount of help that will bring thier lost lives or ours back, we can only repair the damage and hope to repair our friendships.