Kucinich on Obama’s Escalation: Great Speech, Bad Policy
The other "peace candidate" in the 2008 Democratic primary isn't thrilled with the president's order to radically escalate the war in Afghanistan, no matter if there's an exit strategy: "What are we going to learn in 18 months that we haven't already learned in the last eight years?"Rep. Dennis Kucinich asks: "What are we going to learn in 18 months that we haven't already learned in the last eight years?"
The other “peace candidate” in the 2008 Democratic primary isn’t thrilled with the president’s order to radically escalate the war in Afghanistan, no matter if there’s an exit strategy: “What are we going to learn in 18 months that we haven’t already learned in the last eight years?”
Also on the menu: Iraq, health care, unions and Kucinich says you can like Obama and challenge him at the same time.
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The video below, mentioned during this interview, is worth a look if you haven’t seen it.
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