[Peace-discuss] Anti-war Obama?

[Bob Illyes]

John rightly intimates that the "bellicose rhetoric???" thread is somewhat 
out of hand at 50 hits. The title has nothing to do with the current content.

Laurie wrote "Was Obama an anti-war candidate, or wasn't he? It's not 
difficult to say accurately that Paul, Nader, McKinney and probably Barr 
were anti-war candidates.  Look at what they said..."

Obama is on record that the Iraq invasion and occupation was "stupid". I 
expect him to terminate the occupation, something we should noisily 
encourage. He does not claim that all war is stupid, and representing that 
he takes this position and then calling him a hypocrite, as seems to be the 
rage on this list, is contrary to the facts. Trying to convince a majority 
of Americans that all war is bad, which would of course include the 
American Revolution, is a waste of time. This endless bickering over Obama 
is also a waste of time. We need to pick our battles (no pun intended).

Bob