On the McCain campaign for the Presidency

"Dear Mr. Obama" - McCain ad at Youtube; -

What is sad for me about this commercial is the mistake young Joe Cook voices about the purpose for the war in Iraq. He also has confused Barack's characterization of the war for the position that once we were there, the effort the soldiers have had to maintain was in any way to be questioned. No one, and certainly no one would rationally challenge the need for the soldiers there to do their job once on the ground. That McCain alleges Obama meant that as his point insults your intelligence and mine.

The campaign ad does not include adequate word about is the appropriateness of choice Joe Cook's commander in chief made in sending him to war. George Bush's reason for going into Iraq is what Barack is calling a mistake. It is an outright lie to say it was to bring Iraq freedom. It is an a derided conclusion to say we are coming anywhere near accomplishing it. Perhaps a democracy will survive in Iraq, but what Mr. Bush and Mr. McCain do not admit is the cost and damage of assuming it could be brought to these people by removing Saddham Hussein from power. History will indeed tell the tale. People must look and be honest about where we get our information and what we seem to know. Is it enough to turn to big news media or the White House for insight? Remember what the Bush administration used as information to justify going to Iraq. To a detail, the reasons were proved to be fabrications and unsubstantiated, mere months following the invasion. The White House wasn't interested in knowing what they claimed as reasons for doing what they did. The truth is it has all been about securing control over Mideast oil.

America has to wake up to the fact individuals with personal agendas of power and greed will lie to us without regard, and send our military to war with no respect for what our soldiers think they are doing. If Americans can't wake up to the truth they have been manipulated, lied to, and used over and over in the name of this love for this country; this nation will continue to crumble as a society.

Freedom is a much deeper and invested privilege, than can be secured by war. There are certainly moments that we defend our territory to preserve that privilege, but the freedom itself comes from a diligent appreciation of wisdom and responsibility. Wisdom is gained through the restraint of resort to violence. Using force to pretend we can give people the gift of democracy is a deep misunderstanding of how democracy thrives. It thrives through communication, relationship, education, and the choice for peace. Peace is not created through war.

This campaign ad continues to convince me John McCain represents short sightedness, resorting to the willful manipulation of perspective. This is the same atrocity George Bush imposed through the years of his presidency. Bush seriously jeopardized America's role and credibility for playing a part in the process of peace and freedom across this planet. John's catch phrase reads: "The day we loose our will to fight is the day we loose our freedom." -and so sadly reflects a terrible impotence. No, John. Freedom is the legacy of acceptance and cooperation.