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In 2006 John Kerry said that if you don't do well in school you get stuck in Iraq. This year Barack Obama has said that our military is doing nothing but air raiding villages and killing civilians in Afghanistan. Kerry wanted to be president and lost to George W. Bush. Obama wants to be President; hopefully he will also go down in defeat.

Yet they both echo the reigning sentiments of the Democratic Party and the hard-left that controls the party's agenda.

The Gateway Pundit posed this question:

Why do democrats hate the military so much?

It's a good question.

Another one to ask is: Why would I want one of them to be "Commander in Chief" of our Armed Forces? This is especially relevant for those currently serving in uniform. Do you want someone in the position of command who thinks you are doing nothing but "air raiding villages and killing civilians?"

As a former serviceman, USAF in the '80s, I would not want for my Commander in Chief who thinks that that is all our military does.

Obama has also threatened to invade Pakistan, one of our allies in the region. Pakistan may not be a role-model of Democracy, however the government there is struggling to keep radical Islam in check. If Obama were to invade Pakistan, we would end up with greater problems in the Middle East than we now have, as well as another war. By attacking an ally we would deservedly become a country that could not be trusted.

Obama talks tough when it comes to the dictatorial regime of Castro in Cuba, and how America should spread and encourage democracy. Yet he has always stood against the removal of the murdering tyrant who ruled Iraq with a blood-soaked iron fist, and would prefer to send that country back down the road of tyranny rather than standing strong with the fledgling democratically elected government.

Another major consideration for selecting a president is to remember that whomever we elect will have their finger on the proverbial "button," control of our nuclear arsenal.

Both Hillary and Obama have made statements that the use of nuclear weapons is never an option. This sends a green light to the dictators of Iran, China and North Korea that they can expect to have carte blanche should either of these two be elected. It also sends a signal to the terrorists that they should continue their pursuit to gain nuclear materials from their benefactors, especially Iran.

Bill Clinton was well known for his disdain of the responsibility of the nuclear arsenal by losing the launch codes and frequently leaving behind the man with the nuclear "football" when traveling by motorcade. (Read Dereliction of Duty by Robert Patterson.)

It would also explain the current trend in Russia as President Putin rebuilds its military and undertakes military exercises with Communist China, as well as sending out long range bomber patrols reminiscent of the cold war.

Whomever we choose as president to succeed Bush has got to be able to understand that it is one thing to disdain the use of nuclear weapons and another to be always vigilant in the event that their use is necessitated. And a prospective president, or any member of Congress for that matter, should never disparage the men and women who choose to serve our country in the Armed Forces of the United States.

As the 2008 Campaign for the Presidency goes into full swing, those are truly important questions to ask yourself: What kind of commander in Chief will they be, and how well can they handle the responsibility of managing, and, God forbid, using our nuclear arsenal.

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