will get off that hook by answering that he/she will leave it to some "experts" that will be employed for specifically for that job.

Dean never made a "stupid scream speech".   The
Media made it.    Dean, in his own disapointment, tried to console his troops in a heartwarming way, and the Media turned it into something negative.

I love the "scream", and it ought to punctuate every  "WE CAN",  like, "YES WE CAN....YEEEAHHH!!!!"

OBAMA/DEAN

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Your views and those of Jo are shared by Chairman Dean, who said to no less a buffoon than Chris Wallace on Fox News in January 2006 that:

I personally believe there are not enough troops in Afghanistan, and I have for some time. There's a report out written in part by Lawrence Korb, who's a former Reagan defense official, which calls for the redeployment of American troops. And one of the things he calls for is fewer troops in Iraq and sending some of those to Afghanistan. Those kinds of things I think are good.

I was very appreciative of the work that we did attacking the Al Qaeda in northwest Pakistan. I thought that was a good idea. We need to be really tough with these terrorists. And I think there needs to be more attempts at the Al Qaeda leadership, and that was the big problem with Iraq.

That's why I objected to going into Iraq in the first place, is because I thought it was — the president took his eye off the ball in terms of attacking terror.

John is fond of quoting authors on Counterpunch to take swipes at the foreign policy positions of Sen. Obama, so I'll take this opportunity in the interests of fairness and accuracy to quote one, Sean Donahue,  on the subject of Gov. Dean's related views.  You'll note the oddly familiar ring to Donahue's polemic.  John calls this a straw man argument, most likely because full disclosure makes him appear to be somewhat selective, and therefore hypocritical, in his criticism:

In television ads and presidential debates, Dean has emphasized his opposition to Bush's decision to launch a unilateral invasion of Iraq--and downplaying his support for the continued U.S. military occupation of Iraq, and his earlier waffling over whether he might have supported a war in Iraq under slightly different conditions. Dean's emphasis on his opposition to the war in Iraq also obscures his earlier support for the first Gulf War, the war in Kosovo, and the war in Afghanistan.

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Dean comes from the centrist wing of the Democratic Party, and draws his advisors from the party's establishment, even though he tries to portray himself as a progressive and an outsider. His opposition to the war in Iraq isn't rooted in the moral vision or poltical analyis of the peace movement, but rather in the foreign policy establishment's skepticism about the rash and impulsive nature of the Bush administration's military actions in Iraq. In remarks to the Council on Foreign Relations last June, Dean said that: "America must not shy away from its role as the remaining superpower in the world. We are, as Madeleine Albright once put it, the "indispensable power" for so many challenges around the world. Inevitably, some will resent us for what we have, and some will hate us for what we believe. But there is much in the world that we cannot achieve on our own. So we must lead toward clearly articulated and shared goals and with the cooperation and respect of friends and allies."

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Howard Dean admits that the war in Iraq was a mistake but he supports the underlying policy positions that led to the war. As much as we might want to believe that changing presidents will change the U.S. role in the world, replacing George Bush with Howard Dean would do little or nothing to advance the peace movement's goals.

Here is Gov. Dean speaking in August 2003, as reported by Fred Hiatt in the Washington Post:

It's true that he opposed the war in Iraq, he says, but he supported the 1991 Gulf War and the Bush campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan. More interesting, at a time when many politicians are shuddering at President Bush's ambitions to remake the Middle East -- conservatives, because they are skeptical of such grand reshaping ambitions; liberals, because they see resources being diverted from social causes at home -- Dean sounds if anything more committed than Condoleezza Rice to bringing democracy to Iraq.

..."We have no choice. It's a matter of national security. If we leave and we don't get a democracy in Iraq, the result is very significant danger to the United States." And "bringing democracy to Iraq is not a two-year proposition.

Dean is almost as sweeping about Afghanistan, where "losing the peace is not an option" and "pulling out early would be a disaster." Five times the current level of troops are needed, he said. "Imagine making deals with warlords to promote democracy. What are these people thinking?"

The top dems who don't wish to prosecute bushco include:  keeping the record straight.

Cass Sunstein, an adviser to Barack Obama from the University of Chicago Law School, cautioned against prosecuting criminal conduct from the current Administration. Prosecuting government officials risks a "cycle" of criminalizing public service, he argued, and Democrats should avoid replicating retributive efforts like the impeachment of President Clinton--or even the "slight appearance" of it. Update: Sunstein emailed to emphasize that he also said and believes that "egregious crimes should not be ignored."

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Soooooo, Afghan is a "good war" as long as BO is heading it up?  I disagree.  People down here are hoping BO, as prez, will get us outta the ME and help stabilize the world's economy.

And Pelosi is now  bi-partisan?  ROFL

the road from Afghan leads to Pakistan...a worsening nightmare!!

Gore/Dean/Obama   Three presidents sharing power.  Isn't it time we recognize that one man alone is not healthy for us?  Or maybe a Parliament would be better for us at this point in time

"I doubt that was put to rest, Denise."

So, then, it's your position that corporations may contribute to individual candidates for office?

the global food crisis is an economic crisis, there is not a world food shortage. the fall of the dollar, which was caused by the Great Heist Tax Cut, caused global inflation

the Bushco Cabal literally took the food out of people's mouths to shovel the loot to America's most privileged who have never gone hungry a day in their lives