2002 Barack Obama Interview: Against Iraq
Feb. 25th, 2007 12:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I was just reading a post from Josh Marshall where he points to this remarkable interview with Barack Obama from November 2002. Listen especially for his analysis of the possible fallout of a (then) projected invasion of Iraq; his statement on how he would have voted regarding the Congressional resolution to authorize the President to use military force; and his reason for how he would have voted.
He knew his stuff long before many in DC. Arguably, he knew better then what was at stake than anyone (on the record) does in the Bush Administration today.
UPDATED TO ADD: I just noticed something. The interview is dated 11/25/2002. At that time, Obama wasn't yet a US Senator. He was an Illinois State Senator. In other words, he had a better grip on foreign policy issues as a state legislator -- issues he could not vote upon -- than many US Senators up to the present day.
So much for, "not enough experience," "on the job training is too risky when it comes to foreign policy," etc.
I was just reading a post from Josh Marshall where he points to this remarkable interview with Barack Obama from November 2002. Listen especially for his analysis of the possible fallout of a (then) projected invasion of Iraq; his statement on how he would have voted regarding the Congressional resolution to authorize the President to use military force; and his reason for how he would have voted.
He knew his stuff long before many in DC. Arguably, he knew better then what was at stake than anyone (on the record) does in the Bush Administration today.
UPDATED TO ADD: I just noticed something. The interview is dated 11/25/2002. At that time, Obama wasn't yet a US Senator. He was an Illinois State Senator. In other words, he had a better grip on foreign policy issues as a state legislator -- issues he could not vote upon -- than many US Senators up to the present day.
So much for, "not enough experience," "on the job training is too risky when it comes to foreign policy," etc.
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Date: 2007-02-25 12:15 pm (UTC)Besides, we established long ago that it's not the years in office, it's the person. Remember the response when then would-be Vice President Dan Quayle tried to brush off his lack of gravitas by saying he'd had as much congressional experience as John F. Kennedy had.
Wow!!
Date: 2007-08-09 05:29 pm (UTC)