Barack Obama has already made two major blunders (that is one more than Joe Biden, for those keeping track), and he only declared his candidacy on Saturday.

HereÂ’s the first.

Senator Barack Obama of Illinois said Monday that he had misspoken when he suggested that the lives of more than 3,000 American soldiers killed in Iraq had been “wasted.”

As he arrived in New Hampshire, Mr. Obama said he would “absolutely apologize” to military families if they were offended by a remark he made in Iowa while criticizing the Bush administration’s Iraq policy.

“What I would say — and meant to say — is that their service hasn’t been honored,” Mr. Obama told reporters in Nashua, N.H., “because our civilian strategy has not honored their courage and bravery, and we have put them in a situation in which it is hard for them to succeed.”

No, Senator, your words were pretty clear – you believe that the lives of soldiers fighting for this country are wasted – hardly a fitting sentiment for a potential commander-in-chief.

And then there indication of ObamaÂ’s lack of preparation to conduct foreign affairs in his verbal jousting with AustraliaÂ’s John Howard.

No, Senator Obama may be a superb public speaker and a charismatic man, but he is not quite ready for prime time. We elect him at our peril.

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