Reply #30: I was not for the war

[VirginiaIs4Lieberman]

But spending helps everyone. I am actually somewhat nuetral on the war. The fact that we went in without an imminent threat concerns me, but I am glad Saddam is out of there. Moreover, it does give us a strategic foothold on a country that was a terrorist supporting state and borders on several others. I believe we do need a plan to combat radical Islamic terror groups who want us all dead and I would like to hear some candidates come up with something better that what Bu$h has done. From what I have heard from DK in the debates, he doesn't seem to want to do anything. I am not a hawk. Iraq was not an imminent threat at face value, but terror groups are. How do we rid them? I think if someone is going to beat Bu$h, he must have a plan for combating terror groups. DK is a great idealist thinker and I think he is a great man who I would love to have dinner with. But, to paraphrase Harvard professor and widely respected political scientist Samuel Huntington, Idealism in international politics can only work when national security can be taken for granted. While Iraq may or may not be a fake enemy (who really knows what Bu$h was thinking), remember 9/11, terrorism is not a fake enemy.