why they want Edwards out [View All]

I was watching c-span this evening while making dinner, and something stopped me in my tracks. They had on a discussion group from the Army War College and I was struck by what one of the professors said. Of course this group of teachers and military officers of varying ranks are very pro-war(after all it is how they earn their living, you know). They were asked by a reporter what impact the election would have on the war. This professor's answer was "the sooner they narrow the field, the better it is to maintain the war. The longer they have to campaign against each other, the more likely they will have to commit to stopping the war, because it is so unpopular." I thought this was a stunning admission. Basically what I took from it, was that they are fully expecting another Republican President. Edwards has already committed to ending all combat missions, so that is probably why the media(owned by defense contractors) is constantly pushing for him to exit the race. Probably if he did exit, talk of the war would stop and the economy would take over as the hot topic, and we still will not have a candidate who will end the war. They don't want the choice to be between a candidate who is pro-war and one who is anti-war. If Clinton and McCain are the nominees, there will be no one to end the war.