at least in hindsight, to the iraq war. if he was so ready to say it was a bad war, a bad decision, i saw a sign of hope because the political establishment of this country, democrats and republicans, backed that horrendous decision down the line. that decision, which cost so many lives and through the mideast open to the hell we have burning over there today. so i sit here worried, is he really going to pick a war hawk as his secretary of defense? will he really let the people who took us to war in 2003 who were the cheerleaders for disaster take another bite at the apple? just listen to neocons, they're dying for another battle over there. it began with iraq, libya, then the endless call to throw our young men and women into syria. the endless battle cries against iran. picking someone like john bolden for secretary of state or any position of power would be a betrayal of months and months of offering this country an alternative to the stupidity of the iraq war. first job of any president-elect is to do no harm.