by LK Hunsaker

Created on: October 09, 2008

The man who said, "You don't want to listen to us point fingers" did that in the first thing he said during the October 7th debate, attacking President Bush with his first words of the night. Both before and after Obama told us we didn't want finger pointing, he did so. Yes, both sides did, but then McCain didn't stand there and say, "you don't want us to point fingers" and continue regardless.

For me, McCain won the debate. I don't care how comfortable someone is speaking. I'm uncomfortable speaking, but it does not make my message less important. No, he didn't give details of certain military related plans. He has the experience and knowledge to know that is not a good idea. Too much of that is already put out in the media to the detriment of our national security. McCain was absolutely right when he told Obama he should not mention attacking Pakistan publicly. It sounded like a threat. That's not what we need right now in the midst of such a tense situation in Pakistan.

The message is what matters. So let's look at the messages each candidate supplied during the debate:

IRAQ

- McCain stated we have to stay in Iraq until it's stable so all of the work over the past five years wasn't for nothing, and so our national interests are better protected and our troops can come home victorious.

- Obama will bring them home on a timeline, regardless of the effects, possibly in defeat. He says we shouldn't have been there, anyway, which at this time is completely besides the point. We are there.

Defeat of our forces is not acceptable. It weakens us as a nation, and we can't afford any further weakening. Bringing them out of Iraq and putting them into Afghanistan would be like trying to empty one half of a bathtub while the other is still full. It won't work. If we pull them out of Iraq before the terror cells are defeated or controlled, the terrorists will move from Afghanistan and everywhere else and right back into Iraq, securing an overwhelmingly strong hold and depriving the population of the benefits and freedoms they are now starting to see. There is more good going on there than the media lets us know. Check this article as evidence.

Can anyone honestly still think, as Obama suggested, that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11? Please. Iraq did have biological weapons. There were components of WMD found around the country. There were swarms of terrorist cells there, ready to jump in and try to help annihilate us. Going after Bin Ladin in Afghanistan while having all of

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