John McCain will keep us at war

I don't usually pay much attention to our elections as Kansas always goes Republican and until this year we had no caucus or primary to vote in. Even then, the candidate of both Parties seemed to pander to the rednecks in the political middle and jus assume that leftists will support them. But I must speak out against John McCain. People may believe the economy is the most pressing issue, but the war affects the economy so being against the war is favoring a better economy. It simple= war cost us money to wage and it also cost us our young people, who are the future of our economy. Some of our brightest will be lost to a war we never needed.
Some of the things being said by McCain are just plain scary. According to him, if we can believe the rhetoric is that we will be in a state of perpetual war for the rest of our life times. Will Barack Obama really make a difference? It's hard to say, since the system will try to mold him into excepting what it has always done. However, he is not as scary as McCain. Here are a few excerpts from McCain and what he believes:
From Salon.com
If McCain is elected president, he and other war supporters will claim that his victory proves that Americans accepted his view of Iraq -- that "Islamofascists" must be defeated, that the Democrats are the party of surrender, that Iraq is the central battleground of the "war on terror," and that we cannot withdraw our troops until we have achieved final victory. In short, they'll assert that the nation suddenly saw the light and realized that everything George W. Bush and his neocon brain trust have been saying about Iraq was right.

From On The Issues:
Prefers not to take troops out of Afghanistan. (Jan 2007)
The War on Terror a war we must fight. (Aug 2004)
Palestine: Against declaration of statehood. (Feb 1999)
Keep military option open against Iran, even if no nukes. (Dec 2007)
Staying for 100 years OK, if US casualties are low. (Jan 2008)

Will we ever see an end to this in our lifetime?
As to the polls
From Salon.com
The Rasmussen Daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Feb. 11 shows McCain leading Clinton 45 percent to 43 percent, with Obama leading McCain 44 percent to 40 percent. Other polls, including Cook, ABC/Washington Post, Fox and NPR, also show McCain with a narrow lead over Clinton, and Obama with a small lead over McCain.