Obama's War On Terror: Proceed With Caution

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Obama's War On Terror: Proceed With Caution
John Bruhns
Veteran and freelance writer
Posted February 17, 2009 | 07:18 PM (EST)

The Obama administration is facing military uncertainty regarding the war on terror. President Obama inherited a hefty load of problems that are arguably unsolvable. He may not be able to live up to his campaign promises of ending the war in Iraq and shifting military focus to Afghanistan.

During the campaign the ideas sounded wonderful in theory. I supported Mr. Obama and still do. However, he's got a lot of work to do.

Lets start with Iraq. The Iraqi people just had another democratic election. But was it successful? Don't form your opinion from me -- the eternal pessimist.

Look at the facts. The Washington Post reported that election fraud was committed in every Iraqi province. But not serious enough to change the final results. Kareem al-Tamimi, an official on Iraq's election commission stated:

"We have received complaints over violations in all 14 provinces, with varying degrees of seriousness, but most of them were not critical and did not change the final results. Some of the provinces had more than others."


Rest of article at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sgt-john-bruhns/obamas-war-on-terror-proc_b_167708.html

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1. End all so-called 'wars' of abstaction now... they are sheer folly

and server only to reinforce the Police State.