I just sent this message to the Obama Campaign. What do you think about it?
To diffuse the commander-in-chief issue that has been raised lately, I strongly believe Senator Obama should make an official tour of Afghanistan and Iraq right after the Mississippi vote and before Pennsylvanian as a chairman of the sub-committee concerned with issues regarding NATO and European affairs. Since the full committee is actually chaired by Kerry, arrangement should be made easily in a short time period.
Imagine Barack touring soldiers in a military field jacket while visiting Afghanistan with generals by Helicopters and giving an arousing and strong speech against the enemies to the soldiers in Iraq in the green zone. It might be a drastic measure, but we need a drastic measure right now to finish up this race. And, fortunately we have time to do so in a few days. Safety also would be an issue. I think safety is always an issue whether Barack is in Bloxi Mississippi or Baghdad Iraq.
The pictures streaming on TV screens would be imprinted in voters mind in places like Pennsylvanian, Indian and most of all North Carolina. No supper delegate would have any excuse to vote for Hillary because of a false premise regarding the issue. No one after that would raise this commander-in-chief non-sense. This might have already planned to be arranged right after he get the nomination, but we do not have that luxury right now after the despicable way the Clinton's raised the issue.I believe cynics would say it is a cheap campaign event similar to Gary Hart M-1 tank appearance, but this will be different because this picture would be shot in a war zone, a real war zone.
An announced couple of stops at European capitals, especially in London and Berlin where he is already hugely popular, with public appearance just to shake some hands on the way back home closes the deal because it shows Barack restoring the American prestige already. Then, Barack will have all the time to talk about the economy to Pennsylvanians in an Iowa style manner, one-to one.
Another point I would like to make is that public appearances by surrogates have been less than satisfactory. I would prefer to see one person leading any contact to the media. Since Alexandro is a brilliant strategist and a close adviser, we need another person just like the two-tongued Wolfeson and a few capable people under him , who are interested only in public appearances and media contacts. There might be such a committee, but a person like me who acutely follows the campaign doesn't know about it should raise some questions about its effectiveness. I can not tell you how many times I have screamed at the TV when people presented as campaign surrogates couldn't answer specific questions which I even know how to handel. No other appearance by anyone anywhere who is not approved by the committee.
I hope I will get some answers to the issues I raised. Thank you for all the effort you put in giving us this movement.
Thank you.