WTF? Here I sat, enjoying some spirited banter about John McCain’s Afghanistan (a subject near and dear to my heart)policy, and suddenly it’s all about Mein Kampf?

BTW, Kuntar did not (wasn’t convicted of) smashing any little girls’ heads. He smashed in a little boys’ head. Either way, I fail to see what the Kuntar trade has to do with McCain’s Afghanistan policy.

I also fail to see why anyone holds what they believe to be a reasonable expectation that a junior senator with two years of experience at the national level would have a coherent strategy for a war that he seems to feel is two separate wars. That’s like expressing that there was a Pacific War and a European War, but WW-II wasn’t one war.

Give the man a break, will ya? Now the Republicans are putting a spider on Obama’s website to track the changes to his foreign policy. I know that this is due to the need to prove him a waffler on the issues of national security, but come on; this part is all new to him, he needs some time to grow. It’s just silly to hold his feet to the fire on those issues.

I don’t think that war policy should be an issue in this election. One guy proved his love and fidelity for his country by not breaking under years of captivity in Viet Nam but that provides no qualification to be president. The other guy is going to need a few years to learn the ropes in the world arena.

Knowing how it’s going to play in Peoria because it’s within the limits of your rather small jurisdiction apparently doesn’t provide an adequate schooling for being the main determinant of foreign policy. It’s unfair, really.

So let’s take that off the table completely, shall we?

That being said, wasn’t there a Nazi around here who was insulting the hell out of one of our other members? Let’s get back to that. Somebody should find an article about it and start a new discussion, though. That way there won’t be any others like myself who find themselves scratching their heads and wondering if we’re ever going to get to Pismo Beach.