Thursday, September 5, 2013

SAR #13249/A



If only...

"I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by ... weekend warriors in this administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne.

What I am opposed to is the attempt ... to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income...

That's what I'm opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics...

I know that an [attack] ... without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen ... al-Qaeda.

So for those of us who seek a more just and secure world for our children, let us send a clear message to the president."

State Senator Barack H. Obama, October 2002

With thanks to Jesse,

3 comments:

Jesse said...

Thank you for picking this up Charles.

It really is amazing, isn't it.

I suspect that as his support grows ever more thin, Obama will regret being so willing to throw his base 'under the bus' so often.

But he may not learn in time.

kwark said...

I'm STILL wondering. . . who does Obama considers his "base"? That little detail aside, it is humorous watching all the armchair warriors in the Republican party that have to oppose Obama's postion - one that they would support wholeheartedly if a Republican were in the White House. Well, and all the silly Democrats who have to support this bit of insanity because a Dem in the White House. So why are we rattling sabres again??

Anonymous said...

i dont recognize president obama anymore

i dont mean, i dont "recognize" him as president...sure i do...hes the prez

but what i mean is, "recognize" as in seeing somebody i know...like they were,... before...

obama has changed... morphed...

how did this happen? ? ...

what does the nsa have on him

or

somebody must be twisting his arm...

or

has the intoxication of the presidency distorted his vision

hmmmm

power tends to corrupt

mock turtle