Kshana

There is, seemingly, a difference between the meaning over supporting the war. So let me be clear here. Supporting the war or not in no way implies support and pride, or lack there of, for our troops. I believe all of us, as Americans, support our troops and do no wish to put them in harm's way unless absolutely necessary. Similarly, we hope the best for the innocent Iraqi civilians and do not wish to put them in harm's way. However, each of candidate has a distinctly different position on the rationale behind going into Iraq in the first place. Also very important is what they believe or claim about their plans for future deployment of our troops. John McCain supported going into Iraq from the very begining. He also does support staying in Iraq. His comment about staying in Iraq for a 100 years might have been exaggerated by the media pundits but it did indicate his hawkish stand on our Iraq stay. Barack Obama did not support going into Iraq. He supports "responsible wit...

There seems to be a lot noise surrounding both the tickets these days. Noise drowns out the actual issues. It shifts focus from what is important. Sometimes it comes about on it's own and at times it is intentionally created by the political strategists. To cut through it all, I attempted to start from the ground up and decide what were the 3 most important issues for me (and likely the majority of the Nation). I came up with the following, in no particular order of importance: The War in Iraq. The Economy. Global Warming. In the upcoming blogs, I will post my analysis on each issue, what each candidate's position is and analyze how it may affect the way I'll vote.