Update – President Obama is proving me wrong on this. He is following the same old line about how we have to be involved in everyone’s business. He has yet to condemn Israel’s vicious actions towards the Palestinians, his new Secretary of State is still saying Iran wants nukes, and he is sending more troops into Afghanistan. What a disappointment.
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That’s right. I do. I just re-posted all my Obama posts because I realized something; I may not agree with everything BHO says or does. I may not like that he voted for the FISA bill, or that he supported Israel bombing the crap out of Lebanon. But something last night reminded me of why I do support him.
I was out with some friends last night, and after a pint or three one of my friends asked me what I thought of the Army commercials where the kids talk to their parents about joining the military. I said it kills me because joining the military was a good thing for me, hell, it probably saved my ass from going to prison. Then it hit me. When I was in the world was just as shitty a place as it is now, but what was different was who was in the White House. My commander in chief never sent me to steal oil from anyone. My commander in chief didn’t use me for war profiteering.
I would not tell someone to join the military right now because of who is at the top. This is a horrible time to join; you will get sent to kill brown people for no good reason. But under Barack Obama, I think things would change. Now, I know he says he wants to intensify things in Afghanistan, but I think even that is coming to a close.
I support Obama because I think he would only send in our troops when needed, and only with international support. If McCain gets elected we will go into Iran, maybe even start a war with Russia. So that is a big part of why I initially started supporting Obama and why I stand by that today.
He ain’t perfect, but who is? I want to be able to recommend serving again one day because it helped make me the man I am today. Under President Obama I believe I could do that again.
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