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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