Obama: "I Want To End Mindset That Got Us Into War In The First Place"

[ProSense]

Obama: "I Want To End Mindset That Got Us Into War In The First Place"

By Greg Sargent - January 31, 2008

Obama has been frequently challenged to draw a connection between his early opposition to the war and his current candidacy, and he hasn't always delivered a solid answer. But he certainly boiled it down into one pithy line tonight:

"I don't want to just end the war, but I want to end the mindset that got us into war in the first place."

Obama on integrity

Obama on Republicans

Obama on scapegoating imigrants

[groovedaddy]

1. Now that's a tall order! But certainly a worthy goal. n/t

[MethuenProgressive]

2. Barack Obama is no Dennis Kucinich

To hear Barack Obama tell the Fairy Tale, there's no difference between his War Record and the War Record of Dennis Kucinich.

[CTLawGuy]

3. wow

you REALLY don't like Obama, do you?

[cali]

6. S/he hates Obama. S/he is a faux Richardson supporter who

has long spent most of his/her time touting Clinton and tearing at Obama like a rabid little dog.

[ProSense]

4. Hillary is no Obama or Kucinich! n/t

[islandmkl]

7. where did i hear that 'fairytale' reference before?...

is that your interpretation or are you just restating someone else's attack on Obama?

[joeybee12]

5. Reminds me of George Bush...changing people's hearts so

he could get rid of abortion.

I think the choice of the word "mindset" isn't good.

[islandmkl]

8. reminds you of George Bush?

[joeybee12]

10. The comment...what George Bush said about changing people's

hearts...I think this is a poor choice of words on BO's part...sounds like he's saying he knows better than the rest of us. I sort of get his point, but it's a bad way of saying it.

[cali]

12. *snicker* you couldn't have contorted yourself any more

thoroughly if you tried.

:rofl:

[bdamomma]

9. the thought of Pre Emptive war should be abolished.

[joeybee12]

11. Well, it was never an issue until Georgie came along n/t

[bdamomma]

13. I am just saying pre emptive war was the neo cons mindset.

not ours. Too bad the neo cons could be mentioned in all of this.

[11 Bravo]

14. Only 3 out of 4 links are to your own posts?

Damn! You're slowing down!

[gasoline highway]

15. snap into a

SNAP INTO A SLIM JIM OHOHHHHH YEAH

[usregimechange]

16. Damn! I wanted to recommend this thread but I'm too late!