OT: US Pres election

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Originally Posted by Azselendor

He says maverick. I say oppurtunisic waffle.

This is one of the most frustrating problems in American politics. Politicians are not allowed to make mistakes, they are not allowed to admit they've made mistakes, and they're not allowed to learn from their mistakes. (They're freely allowed to criticize their opponents' mistakes, though.) If they ever change positions on any issue for any reason, they're accused of waffling or flip-flopping.

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Well, now we have just raided Syria. Great, just what we need, another country angered at us. I was looking at the BBC news and just found this out. Lets see, do we have a mandate to invade anyone? I'm an isolationist and think all our adventures are going to destabilize what little peace left in the middle east. I think our executive branch let us down. If they had any sense they would of used the same tools that worked in WW2. After 911 king George should of gotten a formal declaration of war, sold war bonds, and had a general mobilization. We should have landed on Afghanistan with both boots. At that time we could have gone thru Pakistan and thus cut the talibans route of retreat. Now we have a festering sore that will take decades to solve, if ever. By the way I blame Jimmie Cater for all this mess. If we would have shown strength when Iran invaded our embassy, (An act of war) the Arabs wouldn't think we are a bunch of pantie waists. Sorry, I'm really ticked right now. Bwaha