Obama has said he considered joining the United States military

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Barack Obama 'wanted to join US military'

Barack Obama has said he considered joining the United States military when he left school but decided not to because the Vietnam war was over and "we weren't engaged in an active military conflict at that point".

By Toby Harnden in Washington
Last Updated: 6:54PM BST 07 Sep 2008

Mr Obama is more vulnerable than most Democrats on the patriotism issue Photo: GETTY
The statement is thought to be the first time during the 19-month-long presidential campaign that the Democratic nominee for the White House has indicated he once wanted to serve in uniform. The aspiration was not mentioned in either of his two volumes of memoirs.

Mr Obama was asked by George Stephanopoulos of ABC's "This Week" programme whether he'd ever thought about military service and replied: "You know, I actually did. I had to sign up for Selective Service when I graduated from high school.

"And I was growing up in Hawaii. And I have friends whose parents were in the military. There are a lot of Army, military bases there.

"And I actually always thought of the military as an ennobling and, you know, honourable option. But keep in mind that I graduated in 1979.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_Service_System

Why leave yourself open to misinterpretation like this? You just know the wingers are going to be all over this statement.

And not you or anybody else, either.

Whether he thought about the military in 1978 or 1979 or 1980 or whenever is beside the point.

We know where your loyalties lie. WHY ARE YOU HERE??

More importantly, who are you voting for? Obama or McCain?