Mistake or Not

There's still a worthy discussion regarding long term benefits and downsides of our current troop presence.

How this matters to Obama...

I liked the guy. But I don't trust the throngs of cheering supporters yelling for change...

Make no mistake - we are not in the era of Martin Luther King or Abraham Lincoln. There is no great moral crusade or injustice which needs correcting. Moreover, by electing Obama, we are not doing any great moral service or making any great point.

I like the guy because he seems practical, reasonable, and smart. He should be able to make incremental improvements in a variety of domestic policies and hopefully will usher in a new generation of politics to America - a generation that has moved beyond the cultural wars of Vietnam.

He isn't going to change America, he's going to reflect it.