New York Times: "Secret ‘Kill List’ Proves a Test of Obama’s Principles and Will"

[JoePhilly]

17. If its such a big secret, why do we know all about it.

I'm not sure how naive one needs to be to not know that after 9/11, our government has to deal with the reality that there are those who will attack us and follow no rules of any kind.

For a time, the British found that marching in straight lines, wearing bright red uniforms, worked for them. We had world wars, everyone wore uniforms.

And now we are in a transition. Wars of powerful nations against other powerful nations are coming to a close. Which is a good thing.

If Obama was the evil warmonger some like to claim he is, we'd just invade Pakistan and Iran. We have the ability to level both of those countries. And yet we don't.

Wars between nations kill countless civilians. We're moving away from that. Its all drawing down. And it will continue to do so.

But you have to recognize that parts of the world are still totally out of control. Take the religious insanity we see in the US, and then multiply it.

Back in the late 90s, Clinton was weighing a move against OBL in Afghanistan. I supported it. The GOP opposed it btw.

When Bush went into Afghanistan after 9/11 I supported that. When he became distracted and went into Iraq, I was against it. Made no sense.

Now ... Obama has pulled our troops from Iraq, killed OBL, and is ramping down Afghanistan.

Good, Good, and Good. Obama is ramping it all down.

Or .... let's just pretend that Obama is Bush. And then let's allow Romney to become President. And then let's have John Bolten as Secretary of Defense. Because a war with a Iran would be big fun.