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Originally Posted by Chocaholic
The good news is that he doesn't let his foriegn policy decisions flip-flop based on those approval ratings you mention. If our previous administration had followed such an approach, 9/11 may have never happened and Osama would be vacationing in Guantanamo right now!
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I don't believe his approval ratings have flip-flopped; they've pretty much gone straight downhill. Sticking one's hand, in this case our military, into the wrong bee-hive then stubbornly refusing to even consider that that was a mistake (which would not be flip-flopping) and attempting to rectify that mistake at an early stage does not inspire my confidence in and respect for the man.
Do you believe that there was a connection between Osama and Iraq - before the invasion?
Do believe diverting our military away from hunting him down in Afghanistan/Pakistan to invade Iraq was the right decision? Had that decision not been made, Osama might be, as you say, vacationing in Guantanamo right now.