December 18, 2006
Musings from cpf regarding top political issues discussed on today’s McLaughlin Group: Issue #1 General Odom’s view that the initial strategy of war in Iraq was flawed, therefore the tactics used to follow out the strategy is also flawed…leading to a recipe for defeat [Semantics matter...add to your political lexicon]. The group engaged in an interesting discussion about history and whether or not a commander can change strategies midway through a war…References to Sparta, etc...good stuff.
Issue #2 BarackStar…commentary on the politics of the 2008 presidential elections. Does the charismatic junior Senator from Illinois have a chance? Would he consider being Hillary’s Vice president? The prevailing view among the group is that he would not run with Hillary.
Issue #3 War on Christmas…happy holidays versus Merry Christmas…separation of church and state…seems like a silly issue to me, like a lot of media hype…the real meaning of Christmas has lost it’s significance long ago. Now its all about consumption, but that’s just me…