Saturday, March 20, 2010

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Saturday, April 4th, 2009

 When then Senator Barack Obama was campaigning for the Democratic Party's nomination against then Senator Hillary Clinton, one of the more interesting moments was the Clinton ad questioning whether Obama was ready to lead the country, whether he was up to the task when the phone rang at 2 a.m. in the White House.

 Later, after he won the nomination for the Democrats, his Republican opponent, John McCain, questioned Obama's experience. He said that, unlike Obama, he knew the world leaders and that he would be able to sit down with them to tackle world issues.

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Saturday, April 4th, 2009

 When then Senator Barack Obama was campaigning for the Democratic Party's nomination against then Senator Hillary Clinton, one of the more interesting moments was the Clinton ad questioning whether Obama was ready to lead the country, whether he was up to the task when the phone rang at 2 a.m. in the White House.

 Later, after he won the nomination for the Democrats, his Republican opponent, John McCain, questioned Obama's experience. He said that, unlike Obama, he knew the world leaders and that he would be able to sit down with them to tackle world issues.

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Friday, March 20th, 2009

Well, it has happened again. Four more of our soldiers have died and another eight wounded. How much longer are we going to waste our precious human resources on a people who do not want us in their country?

First, it was to help the U.S. go after Al Qaeda and their supporters in the Taliban. And, that was the right thing to do. Our neighbours needed help and we were right to do our part. Then, the U.S. turned its focus to Iraq and we turned our attention to helping the people.

While that was a laudable enough goal, it was not why we were there. Now, 116 of our soldiers have paid the ultimate price. For what?

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