This piece is idiotic. There is no point in these candidates making answers to speculative questions about national security since they won't even know all the facts until they are elected and have full access to all intelligence and actions undertaken by the government. We already know that McCain is a knee-jerk militarist who is still reliving his outrage at having been tortured for 6 years and then having the United States withdraw from Vietnam, making all of his suffering pointless. This is why he would be a horrible President. He is psychologically unfit for duty and would likely send many of our soldiers and civilians as well to unnecessary death. Barack Obama is blessed with a clear head on these issues. His youth is to his advantage here. He is not carrying the same kind of stress induced baggage that McCain suffers from. He understands that under some circumstances military action is unavoidable, but would apply the levers with utmost care. After 8 years of Bush/Cheney, that would be a breath of fresh air.