Obama apologizes for saying troops' lives 'wasted'

[Dos Equis]

Obama apologizes for saying troops' lives 'wasted'
POSTED: 12:15 p.m. EST, February 13, 2007
Story Highlights• Sen. Obama apologizes for saying lives of troops killed in Iraq were "wasted."
• Illinois Democrat made comment over the weekend in Iowa
• Obama said remark was a "slip of the tongue" and apologized to military families
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NASHUA, New Hampshire (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is apologizing for saying the lives of the more than 3,000 U.S. troops killed in the Iraq war were "wasted."

During his first campaign trip this weekend, the Illinois senator told a crowd in Iowa: "We now have spent $400 billion and have seen over 3,000 lives of the bravest young Americans wasted." (Watch Obama announce his candidacy)

He immediately apologized on Sunday, saying the remark was "a slip of the tongue."

During an appearance Monday in Nashua, New Hampshire, he apologized again, telling reporters he meant to criticize the civilian leadership of the war, not those serving in the military.

"Even as I said it, I realized I had misspoken," Obama said. "It is not at all what I intended to say, and I would absolutely apologize if any (military families) felt that in some ways it had diminished the enormous courage and sacrifice that they'd shown."

Obama made his second visit to New Hampshire on Monday, following his speech Saturday announcing his candidacy in Illinois on Saturday and a visit to first-caucus state Iowa.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/13/obama.apology.ap/index.html

[ribonucleic]

Nothing more satisfying than a politician caught in the act of saying exactly what he means.

Their lives were wasted. And if Obama had the balls to stand behind that statement, and agitate for the impeachment and conviction of the traitor who lied to send them to their deaths, I would be ringing doorbells from him from now until November 2008.

Instead, he's just another mealy-mouthed politician. Fu#k him.

[Cap]

Hmmm another Kerry?  Just what we need is a presidential candidate who make derogatory comment about troops and their decisions to be in the military.

[ribonucleic]

Hmmm another Kerry?

Pretty much. 

[OzmO]

Nothing more satisfying than a politician caught in the act of saying exactly what he means.

Their lives were wasted. And if Obama had the balls to stand behind that statement, and agitate for the impeachment and conviction of the traitor who lied to send them to their deaths, I would be ringing doorbells from him from now until November 2008.

Instead, he's just another mealy-mouthed politician. Fu#k him.

Rib,  although i don't entirely agree withyour views on war, I applaud your objectivity/honesty when comparing your views and beliefs to a particular politcal party or canidate.

Unforntunatly the nature of politics dictates that politicians say things to appease and or satify their political party's goals and or philosophy.  If someone were to actually be 100% honest they would NEVER be elected to anything.