Watch This Guy
Josh Marshall just posted this video, and I can see why. You really should watch it. It is Barack Obama in a discussion from November 2002, months before the Iraq invasion.
This guy foresaw the sectarian divisions, the long-term quagmire, and stated that had he been a Senator then, he would have voted “Nay” on the war powers resolution. This is before the war started, back when the country was still in high-flag-waving gear.
Is this not the sort of person you would want making decisions? People talk about his inexperience. Well, how many people with more experience than Obama made the wrong decision? I don’t care if Obama has only been a senator for less than two years.
Having good sense and the courage to say and do the right thing does not require experience, and having experience does not ensure good sense and the courage to say and do the right thing.