Tuesday, April 5, 2011 | 2:06 a.m.
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As a Vietnam-era veteran and a lifelong Republican voter, I was weary from eight years of unnecessary wars and lives lost. It seemed we had learned nothing from seven years of fighting in Southeast Asia. So, in 2008, Barack Obama’s campaign promise to end both wars in which we were currently engaged won my vote.
But Tom Smith hit the nail on the head in his Saturday letter to the editor, headlined “Two Democratic predictions that were on the money.” It most certainly does feel like George W. Bush’s third term as president.
What the heck are we doing in Libya? My only hope is that in 2012 the Republican Party can run someone a bit more qualified than Sarah Palin.
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