It's been over a month since I've posted on this blog. That sucks because I really like writing on this this thing. And I know what I'm going to write right now, and it's nothing new. But I don't care, I just want to post something.
I watched some of General Petraeus' testimony today. My favorite exchange was when Petraeus mentioned how a US presence in Iraq is critical to stopping Al Qaeda. A congressman then immediately asked, "But isn't it true that Al Qaeda didn't even exist in Iraq until 2005?"
Petraeus responded, "I will not comment on when Al Qaeda formed in Iraq, but the fact is they are there now."
I guess he's right. We can't exactly invest half a trillion tax dollars into destroying a country that never attacked us, and then leave after we've stirred the pot enough to create a nation full of people who disagree on everything except for their hatred of the United States.
Half a trillion dollars is a lot of money. I remember reading this article estimating the war would cost $1.2 trillion. That's a lot of money.
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Actually, Obama was not in the Senate when congress originally voted for the Iraq war. Though he was publicly against it then, I doubt he would have voted against it at that time if he were a sentator since unfortunately most of his would-be constituents were duped into thinking there was some connection to 9/11 and Iraq or at least that there was an imminent threat from Sadam - neither of which was true of course.
Oops. I fixed it.
he was so outspoken against the war that I assumed he voted against it
I think a lot of people are under the mistaken impression that BO voted against the war as a senator. People need to realize that he didn't and that his initials are BO, which also means body odor. Can we really have a president named Body Odor? HC, incidentally, sounds almost identical to HG, which means Handsome Gentlemen. I think we can all sleep soundly at night with that in the White House.
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