Edwards Talks War

Today, Democrat John Edwards stated that the "global war on terror" has become a doctrine created by the Bush Administration which has strained military resources and "emboldened" terrorists. He says we need a post Bush, post 9/11, post Iraq War point of view in order to move on and finish what needs to be done. He gave several steps he would do as President to strengthen the military. He would improvie civilian-miltary relations, only use force on national security missions, and finally, weed out mismanagement in the Pentagon. He would create a national security budget to include many of the agencies which misuse the term "national security" for personal monetary gains. More funding would go into military recruitment as well. His main goal for this statement was to show the country his stance on one of the hot debate topics and to show his leadership skills. Although many specutlate that this was a wrong tactic due to the fact that he is using the troops to improve his image. His statement today was to show that American People that he's comfortable with his stance on the war and the military. He isn't making any flip flop statements about his stance on the war and feels that the public should know his stance on the war.