Iraq War, Accountability, Issues in Political Campaign Season
Larry Coskren, an Exeter native, shared his thoughts about the current campaign season.
Mike Lenz: What is the most important campaign issue for you?
Larry Coskren: The Iraq war
ML: Why is the Iraq war the most pressing issue for you?
LC: I don't have a kid in the military or anything, but I just think the war is a collosal failure. I don't think there is anyway out of this situation. We can take the good way out which is to pull out our troops as soon as possible, or we can lose another 5,000 troops.
ML: Are there any candidates that seem to genuinely care about the war?
LC: I think plenty of candidates care about the war. However, only some are willing to do something about it, which is not to say that I would necessarly vote for those who will do something about it.
ML: What is the state of our political system?
LC: Not real good. It just seems like people don't have an impact on anything.
I'm totally turned off to the whole political system, and have been for the past 20 years. The system seems to promote candidates to the extremes, there are no middle of the road candidates.
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