Originally Posted by neptune

Yeah...not quite the subject of discussion at PolySci department cocktail parties at Princeton, I'd guess.

Originally Posted by 97XBAM

He did paint an accurate portrayal of the war from the soldier's point of view , I'll give him that . But reporting accurately and predicting the future are two different things . Obama was just on CNN saying he'll end the war because it's the right thing to do and will make the country (the U.S.) safer in the end . But it will take years to pull out the troops , hell it took close to two years to pull out troops and equipment from the Gulf War which was over in a matter of months . And on the other side is McCain who wants to build permanent military bases in Iraq and never leave . I was against this war from the start and saw Saddam as a tyrant , but a useful tyrant whose iron rule kept his own people from each other's throats and Iran somewhat in check . Even the Israelis said the U.S. was planning to invade the wrong country with Iran being the bigger threat . But there was all this oil there and Saddam tried to kill Bush's daddy and ..well you know the rest .