Will Next Massachusetts US Senator undermine our wartime Commander-in-Chief?
What people outside of Massachusetts might not know is that in mid-January, Massachusetts is having a special election to fill the US Senate seat vacated by Sen. Edward Kennedy.
The two front-runners for the Democrats are State Attorney General Martha Coakley and Rep. Michael Capuano.
Both Coakley and Capuano support withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. Since Capuano serves in the House of Representatives, and has access to intelligence, we can assume his is an informed opinion. As Coakley does not receive such national security intelligence; hers is an ignorant opinion. But, recall, the liberal extremists who think President Obama was right about Iraq conceded he didn't receive the intelligence that Biden, Clinton, Dodd, Daschle, Edwards and Kerry received as Obama expressed his opinion while serving in the Illinois State Senate.
In a recent interview, Rep. Capuano not only advocated withdrawal, he did so because he thinks President Bush was successful in eradicating al Qaeda from Afghanistan:
"Very simply: We've accomplished our mission in Afghanistan. We went there to get al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda is no longer in Afghanistan and I believe that if we switch the mission now we will be doing nothing but beginning to get ourselves in the morass that we've tried to avoid since Vietnam. We should come home." - Rep. Michael Capuano.
That he is informed is validated by President Obama's National Security Adviser, Gen. James Jones, who said in early October, "The al Qaeda presence is very diminished. The maximum estimate is less than 100 operating in the country (Afghanistan), no bases, no ability to launch attacks on either us or our allies."
Next Tuesday, not only is President Obama not expected to announce a withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, he is expected to announce a further escalation of the war, over and above the additional 21,000 troops he ordered to Afghanistan in March.
The only major candidate in the MA Senate race who is prepared to support President Obama's decision is State Senator Scott Brown (R).
Before this special election is over, my "news"paper, the liberally-extreme Boston Globe, will endorse a candidate for the United States Senate who will work to undermine a wartime Commander-in-Chief. Think about that.
What people outside of Massachusetts might not know is that in mid-January, Massachusetts is having a special election to fill the US Senate seat vacated by Sen. Edward Kennedy.
The two front-runners for the Democrats are State Attorney General Martha Coakley and Rep. Michael Capuano.
Both Coakley and Capuano support withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. Since Capuano serves in the House of Representatives, and has access to intelligence, we can assume his is an informed opinion. As Coakley does not receive such national security intelligence; hers is an ignorant opinion. But, recall, the liberal extremists who think President Obama was right about Iraq conceded he didn't receive the intelligence that Biden, Clinton, Dodd, Daschle, Edwards and Kerry received as Obama expressed his opinion while serving in the Illinois State Senate.
In a recent interview, Rep. Capuano not only advocated withdrawal, he did so because he thinks President Bush was successful in eradicating al Qaeda from Afghanistan:
"Very simply: We've accomplished our mission in Afghanistan. We went there to get al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda is no longer in Afghanistan and I believe that if we switch the mission now we will be doing nothing but beginning to get ourselves in the morass that we've tried to avoid since Vietnam. We should come home." - Rep. Michael Capuano.
That he is informed is validated by President Obama's National Security Adviser, Gen. James Jones, who said in early October, "The al Qaeda presence is very diminished. The maximum estimate is less than 100 operating in the country (Afghanistan), no bases, no ability to launch attacks on either us or our allies."
Next Tuesday, not only is President Obama not expected to announce a withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, he is expected to announce a further escalation of the war, over and above the additional 21,000 troops he ordered to Afghanistan in March.
The only major candidate in the MA Senate race who is prepared to support President Obama's decision is State Senator Scott Brown (R).
Before this special election is over, my "news"paper, the liberally-extreme Boston Globe, will endorse a candidate for the United States Senate who will work to undermine a wartime Commander-in-Chief. Think about that.
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