McCain believes that we are safer from a 9/11 terrorist attack today then we were on 9/12.
Noted his support for a 9/11 commission, contrary to the Bush administration. Noted his opposition to torture. Noted the need to improve border control.
Obama likewise believes we are safer today then 9/12/01 but believes there are some areas that we have yet to improve upon.
Insists that we need to keep our eyes on Al Quida which he says is in 60 countries, including Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Obama says that he can bring respect back to America that was lost during Bush administration, thus insuring foreign country’s lending their help to us getting terrorist. Obama’s Messianic pretensions comes through in comments like this. Obama seems to be saying, “Elect me, because foreigners will like me.”
Obama keeps saying the Afghanistan is central. McCain says that Iraq is central.
Obama wants to take the savings of 10 billion a month that is spent on Iraq and invest in America (Read — entitlements). Insists that America has been so focused on Iraq that neglect of other areas of US policy, both domestically and internationally, has suffered.
McCain promises to, like a good Nanny, take care of the veterans.
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Did either of them say anything that was actually substantive?
So…
Obama will restore our international standing, McCain has the experience necessary to wage war effectively against our adversaries.
But any indication of what concrete steps either will take to do so?
Actually, for Obama’s part, restoring our international standing is a bit easier: he’s already the favorite candidate in the rest of the world. Not because the rest of the world understands anything about American politics, but because the rest of the world is as beholden to the American media as we are.
No, neither of them said anything substantive. It was a borefest.
The rest of the World likes Obama because the rest of the world are likewise festooned with international socialism.