Disarming personality
If John McCain runs this as a campaign ad, he's gonna have an easy time in November.
Unlike the candidates who actually had access to classified intelligence, he opposed the war from the beginning. In other words, he opposed the war based on... ignorance. Good luck with that.
"I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems." Sheer stupidity. How can you prove a system if you don't invest in it?
"I will slow our development in Future Combat Systems." You know, the massive Army program that has spawned all of the force protection and unmanned systems that are saving soldier's lives. Yes, while it's true that the systems being fielded today aren't technically part of FCS, they wouldn't have been developed as fast or in some cases not at all had it not been for the investment in FCS. Maybe Senator Obama would prefer that Army doctrine return to the days of trench warfare - it worked in WWI, after all.
Considering his view of FCS and missile defense, his statement about the quadrennial review really comes into focus. What would Barack consider to be unnecessary defense spending? Pretty much all of it, by the looks of it.
As for nukes - is he talking about the same Russia that's been pining for the good ol' days lately? Is he really so naive as to believe that everyone else will dispose of their nuclear weapons after we do? A nuclear weapons-free world is a nice goal. But to assume that Putin will suddenly start wearing flowers in his hair because Obama asks nicely is more than a little naive. It's downright dangerous. Oh, and notice he doesn't mention China.
When it comes to national defense, Obama's views sound less like a potential Commander-In-Chief and more like Jane Fonda. Is this really what you want for a President?
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To be honest....Obama scares me and watching that video only made it worse. The last time this world witnessed political blindness to this extent was when Hitler came to power. Obama and his minister R.Wright seem to be determined to bring this country to it's knees.
I only hope that the American public wakes us and starts asking questions and thinking about the things he represents.
I hate Hillary with a passion mostly because of her ability to tell bald face lies and her hunger for power but she doesn't scare me.
Obama has zero experience and has done nothing except attend sermons served by someone that hates the U.S. What has he done that leads anyone to believe that he would be a good president?
He speaks well and has a warm personality (heads an shoulders above Hillary)but there is nothing backing him up.
I can only hope that he can never follow through on these things.