Willravel

Obama's been crystal clear on Afghanistan and Pakistan; they are "terrorist" havens and we're redoubling our efforts in Afghanistan and we're possibly committing to another war in Pakistan. If you don't think those are scare tactics, you may very well be desensitized. Banging the war drum is a classic campaign strategy, and it's nearly always successful because people want to turn their fear into anger. Talking overtly and repeatedly about the supposed extreme danger we're all in from what's actually isolated groups of militants cannot be anything but scare tactics. And a man as bright as President-Elect Obama knows this, but was willing to stoop to scaring people in order to win.

Don't get me wrong, I voted for Obama because he was the better candidate between McCain, Hillary, and himself, but he's not really all that different from most politicians. He's not the second coming of progressivism. He's not likely to be a president that is in office during a time of real peace.