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Looking Back to Look Forward
Inheriting Unpopular Wars
 UW student protest posters, Seattle, 1970 credit: Seattle P-I collection, MOHAI Seattle |
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How will the next U.S. Commander in Chief handle the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? A look at 20th-century elections in which unpopular wars have shaped presidential campaigns.
Note: Story airdate is Tues, Oct. 28
Reporter's Notebook
Bellamy Pailthorp
 The economy has eclipsed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as the number one issue swaying voters in this election.
But earlier this year, these conflicts and the United States’ standing in the world – our foreign policy - fuelled a big surge in voter turnout. It seemed clear that where you stand on the war and diplomacy would determine how you vote. Democrat Barack Obama appeals to people who, like him, opposed the war in Iraq before US troops invaded. Republican John McCain is critical of the US invasion too, but he’s a decorated veteran of war who insists we must not leave without securing some kind of victory. Now all of that has changed � polls indicate the economy is the number one issue.
What do you think? How important are the candidates' positions on the wars? How big a role is that playing in your choice of a candidate in this election, now that the economy has taken center stage?
Click here to tell us what you think.
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