n 2002 Barak Obama had the courage and the wisdom to disavow the invasion of Iraq. He is not against all wars but he knows how important it is to carefully pick battles and be prepared. He now only disagreed with the decision to attack Iraq he also predicted the many negative consequences of a prolonged war. Although many agree with this position in hindsight it was an extremely rare point of view at the time he went public with his view. Democrats and Republicans (and me- a lowly little lady in California) believed the shallow intelligence reports furnished by the Bush administration and did not demand deeper investigation, which is retrospect was clearly needed. By denouncing the war Obama was risking his political future. This is truly putting country over self and is why I know he is ready to lead.
Here are the remarks he made to the Illinois State Senate about the war. There is also a video of his statement against the war.
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