candycorn
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If he wanted to shift the focus to matters other than the economy, don't you think he would be carpet-bombing Cairo at this point?
The truth is that the President--a democrat who historically have been tagged as soft on defense--is operating a smart disciplined campaign that is delivering great results for his re-election bid.
That it is also the proper step to take in an age where the easy answer delivers political expediency but at the end of the day is wrong is a nice bonus. Egypt didn't attack us. Libya didn't attack us. Terrorists in those States did.
It's a good example of Obama's not getting us into an Iraq situation in Libya. We'd have IEDs, suicide bombers, armed engagements and a committment that isn't ending anytime soon.
I would hope that you all would learn something. But I know better.
Correct, the attacks were by criminals and not sanctioned by any government. Any type of military action by the US would be unwarranted and illegal.
Another good reason to keep Obama in the WH, as similar incidents will likely happen in the future; we dont want Romney or his trigger-happy neo-cons starting more pointless, illegal wars in response to criminal activities overseas.
I don't know that it would be unwarranted and illegal but I do know that declaring war on Egypt or Libya is not the answer. The answer is, unfortunately, neither easy to come by or easy to execute--find the ones who organized this and take them out. The soundbytes coming from the conservatives here are cartoonish, stupid and not surprising given their thought processes which are, unfortunately, parroted by their candidate for President.
The Governor would have no better options than the President does now; neither would GWB, Clinton, the first GWB, Reagan, Carter, Washington or anyone else in the White House.
The problem there is that we can't walk away from the Middle East because our energy and that of our allies comes from there. Which is why Obama, for one, is interested in renewable resources--the same ones that the GOP regularly decries as pie in the sky. One thing where I break from Obama is in nuke power. We've had a nuclear navy with a great safety record...there is no reason why we can't transplant their command and control into the commercial nuclear power market. None at all. As far as I can tell, Obama has no plans to do that. While it is true that it would only support permanent structures and not automobiles, every little deduction in oil demand lessens the need for us to be in the middle east.
Obama, if anything, should be applauded for not imitating Bush, going into Libya with troops, building bases and committing us to another open ended conflict. Good Job Mr. President. The deaths of 4 Americans this week was tragic but the alternative and the silly "I told you so" chorus is flat out moronic.