Is it true Obama said that Clarence Spencer who died in Iraq died in vain?? He had served 4 terms for what he?

Question

believed in?

I meant to say Clarence served 4 terms for what he believed in.

Answer 1

take your anger to the polls.

Answer 2

How could that possibly mean that Mr. Spenser died in vain? Most people die living a long life without ever doing most of the things they believe in or following their dreams. And I haven't even mentioned the war itself.

Answer 3

HE SAID THE SOLDIERS THAT DIED IN IRAQ WAS A WASTE. BUT HE QUICKLY RECANTED HIS STATEMENT. TYPICAL LIBERAL DOUBLE TALK.


BY CELESTE KATZ
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

DURHAM, N.H. - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said yesterday he "would absolutely apologize" if he offended military families by saying American troops' lives have been "wasted" in the Iraq war.
It was the second straight day the Illinois senator faced questions on his views on the war - the issue that's proven his strongest foil against front-runner Hillary Clinton, who has so far resisted pressure to recant her vote to authorize the invasion.

Speaking in Iowa this weekend, Obama said the Iraq war "should never have been waged," adding, "We now have spent $400 billion and have seen over 3,000 lives of the bravest young Americans wasted."

He hastened to say yesterday that he did not mean to disparage the troops' sacrifice.

"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," said Obama, who hit the stump in New Hampshire the day after Clinton finished a two-day swing in the early primary state.

"What I would say, and meant to say, is that their service hasn't been honored, because our civilian strategy has not honored their courage and bravery and we have put them in a situation in which it is hard for them to succeed," Obama said after speaking to voters at the home of a state representative in Nashua.

A select group of voters here got facetime with both Clinton and Obama at "house parties" in the past few days.

While both contenders made a strong impression on Democrats invited to both exclusive events, neither seemed to have knocked the opponent out of the ring. Also, New Hampshire voters, mindful of their key role in selecting the parties' presidential nominees, are famously reticent about coming down for one primary candidate too early.

Debora Pignatelli, an elected official from Nashua who hosted the Clinton event at her home and attended Obama's stop, said she hasn't ruled anyone out, but said the New York senator seemed more experienced and "driven." She said the Clinton crowd was moved to applause more often than those at the Obama event.

"With Obama, you can see he doesn't have that experience, but he has a ton of conviction, and he's very articulate. He [presents] himself very well, so we've got to think about this," said Krishna Mangipudi, 48, a computer worker from Nashua who attended both events but hasn't decided on a candidate.

At least one party attendee applauded Obama's proposed time line for pulling out of Iraq.

"That's the best thing I've heard so far," said state Rep. David Campbell, a Democrat who said Clinton's answers on the war don't pass his "litmus test."

"Somebody's got to make a stand, somebody's got to draw a line in the sand, so to speak, and figure out an exit strategy," he said.

Answer 4

Here's the link:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2872135&page=1

He said: ""We ended up launching a war that should have never been authorized, and should never been waged, and on which we have now spent $400 billion, and have seen over 3,000 lives of the bravest young Americans wasted."

Personally, I agree with him that it's a shame lives that could have stretched into even more were cut short (and thus "wasted") but I also agree with his apology that it was misspoken.

In any case, that's very different from saying their lives "were a waste" (to refer to a previous post).

Answer 5

Obama just derailed any chance of making it to November 3, 2008. He's toast. He'll withdraw sometime after he loses 3 or 4 primaries.

Answer 6

So, tell me, what did his death prove?
George Bush got the US stuck slapbang in the middle of a civil war.
Any US soldier dying in Iraq is a waste, what else?

Answer 7

Obama Hussein stated that all soldiers who have died fighting for us in Iraq,"were a waste".
Typical Democrat.
HILLARY WILL TROMP HIM FOR SAYING IT.
(Although when Bill was dodging the draft and hiding out, he wrote that "he loathed the military".)

Answer 8

Obama is a Car Jacker.... I mean Charismatic guy

Answer 9

If he died in Iraq, he DID die in vain. Sad but true. If you don't like it, talk to the men who sent him there with their lies.

Answer 10

No, he said his life was "wasted", not "in vain". But it was a mispoken phrase, apparantly.