"As Commander in Chief, I have a deeply held preference for peace over war." Barack Obama 3/4/12 nt

[babylonsister]

[judy]

1. OK, Barack, good for you!

So fight for your deeply held preference, as if the world depended on it...stop the drone attacks, renditions, Guantanamo, etc. GO FOR IT!!!

[vaberella]

10. Why bring up Guantanamo...he tried...he can't. Congress stopped him.

The Democratic run Congress and Senate at the time. The Republicans won't even hear him say "Gua..." before they shut him down.

[AlinPA]

2. Next- GOP: "We disagree!"

[dmoyer]

3. love him!

[rug]

4. He also has a deeply held preference for the words "but", "however" and "nevertheless".

[lumpy]

5. If he does use the words "but and "however andnevertheless" it only shows that he

is committed to taking the circumstances of conflict under consideration. Like most of us he would use retalitory force if we are attacked. We should be thankful that he is a leader who believes in using peaceful means to tackle conflicts.

[rug]

6. Actions trump beliefs.

Sorry, his record on war is abyssmal.

Now, I really don't want him to explain why military action against Iran is necessary.

[vaberella]

11. Hah...Many would disagree especially when compared to all the Presidents before him. n/t

[zipplewrath]

13. Um, no

There have been a few that would trump him. Eisenhower is probably the most recent to come to mind, although Kennedy was pissed when he came into office. Ike had spent time proclaiming "he kept us out of war" only to be told of all the places around the world that Kennedy might have to take military action, including Cuba and Vietnam. Carter was pretty "peaceful" in his 4 years. But yeah, considering the exteremly long list of conflicts in which this country has been involved since its inception, there aren't alot of pacificist periods to which to point. But even among this list, Obama has had sustained, increased, or started an incredible number of actions for a guy that ran in the primaries trying to appeal to the anti-war crowd.

[Tarheel_Dem]

7. K&R

[JNathanK]

8. Wilson's whole 2016 campaing was based on peace, but we know how that panned out.

[babylonsister]

9. ??? You have a crystal ball? Do tell!

And is that going to be Joe Wilson, or some other unknown Wilson?

[zipplewrath]

12. Typo I'm sure

1916 and Woodrow I'm sure is what he meant.