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Originally Posted by onlydarksets

Does anyone else find this somewhat ironic given the pounding Obama took for making the same suggestion?
Obama's Foreign-Policy Pledge Sparks Criticism From Rivals - WSJ.com

Two points:
1. Everyone (dems and Rs) pounded Obama - this is not a shot at just Bush.
2. I realize Obama's comments were far more sweeping, and involved "no-concession" open doors to a number of countries we have no relationship with right now.

I'm not an Obama supporter (or foe), but I found this interesting.

The problem I have with Obama and I could be off on this but I feel that he thinks that we could all just become friends. Well some groups, countries, etc.. do not want to be our friends and if we let our guard down they will pounce on us. They want us dead. Say what you want about Bush and how he has handled things but on 9/11 he realized that we are at war against certain groups and has done everything he feels he needs to do to protect us against another attack. I'm not saying I agree with everything he has done but who ever is in office needs to realize that not everyone wants to be our friends and would perfer if we where dead. When we forget this is when they will hit us again. We have to get it right 100% of the time and they just need to get it right once.