Sen. Obama on Iraq
August 29th, 2008 at 02:20am Geoff
In his acceptance speech yesterday evening Sen. Obama declared once again, to paraphrase, that he will end the Iraq War “responsibly.” He neglected however to point out that if he had had his way the United States would have retreated from Iraq in defeat months ago (surprise of all surprises!), or that the only reason we can even contemplate leaving responsibly in the near future is because we adopted the surge policy he asserted on multiple occasions would fail to bring both physical security to Iraq and consequent political progress. It in fact brought both.
Sen. Obama’s disingenuous rhetoric cannot hide the fact that if we had followed his judgment America would have lost a war, and the consequences would have been terrible and far-reaching. But because we adopted a policy that adhered to Sen. McCain’s judgment, America is very near an incontrovertible victory in Iraq.
And Sen. Obama thinks he’s even close to being prepared to be Commander-in-Chief…
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