Friday, May 16, 2008

Obama's twisted logic

Two things came out of the recent Obama press conference. One, Obama thinks it is wrong for us to support democracy around the world, unless we know that the person who will win the election will be favorable to us. Secondly, that he wants to negotiate with terror states like Iran, with no preconditions, because the Bush policy of requiring that they give up nuclear ambitions, acknowledge Israel, and end support for terror groups, is a failure. Oh, but also that he would require the same preconditions before he would talk with them, because he supports tough diplomacy. The first point shows that he is just plain stupid. If you only support democracy when you like the outcome, you don't really support democracy at all. The second point shows that he is beyond stupid and approaching insane, as he argues both for and against the same position in the same response. He condemns Bush for a policy that he advocates, while then explaining that he would do something different that he clarifies is exactly the same. I can't explain where he stands on the issue, and apparently he can't either.

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