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lostincalifornia

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15. What is quite obvious whether there is agreement or disagreement with Obama's policies, is that he
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 01:22 AM
Jun 2014

does NOT "shoot at the hip" so to speak.

He thinks things out carefully

He is sending 250 troops to Iraq, but there is no way that amounts to a fighting force. Most likely it is to help evacuate the embassy, or other Americans who may want to go. I agree, he won't send ground troops. He can already assess the situation that this is a religious war going on there, and something which would be very dangerous to get bogged down in.

It is sad that the republicans are so anxious to jump into these conflicts.

There is no doubt in my mind we would be heading into an endless cycle of wars if mccain or romney for that matter had won

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