HIllary, never met a war she didn't like

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/us/politics/25biden.html

"The last time Mr. Obama deliberated over troop levels, in late 2009, the vice president argued just as vociferously for a minimalist approach. The president, though, sided with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, both of whom favored sending at least 30,000 additional troops. "

I'm very disappointed in Obama, but Hillary would have been worse, no question.

[Exilednight]

1. Obama is Hillary. Take a look at his record and

you will notice that he took Hillary's stance on every major issue he campaigned on. Two right off the top of my head is her HCR and economic team.

[Kolesar]

2. Biden...also privately kept voicing his deep skepticism of attempts to transform Afghanistan

"While the vice president energetically promoted the administration’s policy, he also privately kept voicing his deep skepticism of attempts to transform Afghanistan, several officials said. During recent debates over the withdrawal timetable, he pushed to bring back the troops at the earliest possible date, next April, according to officials, and countered arguments by Mr. Gates and Mrs. Clinton to leave a large part of the additional troops in place until the end of 2012."

The article says that Biden was skeptical of the 2009 McCrystal escalation/surge, which was essentially taking ground and then trying to build a stable community once the area was secured.