Any thoughts about Obama's visit to Iraq?

If Obama is smart which I believe he is, he will get to the real story about what's happening over there. Mccain's visits were supervised tours. Obama needs to talk to the generals of course but he also needs to interview the troops. Mccain visited Iraq 6 times and he could have invited the media if he wanted to. That was a choice that he made. Obama has been right to say that we need to focus our attention on afganistan and that we need more troops there. The government has covered up this mess long enough. I hope Obama get to the real truth and the media will be there to pick it up as soon as it happens. I have all of the respect in the world for Mccain but that doesn't mean that he is the best man for the job. We need a change. Mccain has been in Washington 20 years and nothing has changed. Now that he's the republican nominee, he has suddenly become the expert. Where was he 4,000 lives ago before our young men and women lost their lives in a war that should never have been waged. Obama may not have been  there as long as Mccain but he could see that this was an unnessasary war and spoke out against it. It is about time that we had a President that represented the United States in a way that we should be seen by other countries and win back the respect of the world. He should take all the media he needs to take to show the world that America is back.

I believe that Obama's visit is long over due. He as been sppeaking about Iraq for so long and to so long to get a first hand knowledge of what is realy happenning there.

Whether Obama's visit is a tour, a visit or a fact finding mission, I believe he will be successful. Two of the best presidents that we have ever had (JFK and Bill Clinton) were called inexperienced when they first ran for office because they dared to think outside of the box. They were very successful in the White House. We need to get rid of the ideology that just because a candidate has not served in the military that they cannot be an effective leader. That is why they have advisors that do have the military experience.

Some of the best leaders that I have known are the ones that may not have had the hands on experience but had fresh ideas and tactics to tackle the job and turn things around. If we keep doing the same old thing we are going to come up with the same results. John Mccain being a maverick as he may be called (everyone is entitled to their own opinion) has the old Washington politics embedded in him. This is not what I call change for the direction this country wants to be headed in. I believe Obama would make a great president despite what others make think. I just pray that  he is around to serve out his full term.