Obama in Iraq

Watching a video clip of Barack Obama greeting and being wildly cheered by our troops in Iraq today brought tears to my eyes.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/07/obamas-iraq-visit-makes-s_n_183968.html

Here's a man whose fitness to be commander in chief was questioned during the campaign. How quickly all that has changed. Now everyone's talking about his calm command and his competence.

No doubt any president who comes to Iraq to visit the troops would get an enthusiastic response. But this felt different. It was genuine, it was enthusiastic, it was heart-warming.

george bush was a hale-fellow-well-met type who did a photo op carrying a display turkey on a big platter. But there was no respect for him.

This crowd exuded respect and affection. Someone yelled out "I love you !!"

Maybe I'm just biased and sentimental; but my tears were real.'

Ralph