It’s no wonder that Obama sounds no different than George W. Bush on war: the left are just as warlike as the right. Example: On the December 11 Slate Political Gabfest, the hosts discuss B. Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech, including his remarks that we should honor American soldiers “not as makers of war, but as wagers of peace.” David Plotz (around 25:00-25:45) says:
you may want, or think, that US [soldiers] are the best killing machines the world has ever seen–and, I certainly hope that they are–but the fact is that most people in the US military don’t spend their days killing people.
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