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Why I Haven’t Caught “Obama Fever”

December 4, 2007 - 1:00 am - by Bruce Bawer
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2007-12-04 08:14:16

Regardless of Mr. Obama’s history or political views, I worry about the results of having an inexperienced president during a time of crisis/war. This applies to Mrs. Clinton and some of the Republicans too. They have not been tested to give an international perception that they are strong in regards to America’s security. I was 18 when President Kennedy was killed and I liked him, but I remember vividly that he faltered on the Bay of Pigs in Cuba by withdrawing the air support, backed off of confronting the USSR on the illegal Berlin Wall construction and was judged by Khrushchev in their face to face meeting to be weak which led to the Cuban Missile Crisis according to Mr. Khrushchev’s memoirs. And our present enemies have less of an understanding of our culture and politics than did Premier Khrushchev.